Camilla Guerrieri
Italian painter (1628–after 1693)
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Camilla Guerrieri (1628 – after 1693) was an Italian painter.[1] She is believed to have worked as the first court painter for the House of Medici.[2]
Camilla Guerrieri | |
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Self-portrait of Camilla Guerrieri with Vittoria della Rovere, ca. 1640, at Uffizi Gallery | |
| Born | 1628 Fossombrone, Duchy of Urbino (now Italy) |
| Died | after 1693 San Terenzo, Italy |
| Spouse | Paolo de'Natti (m. 1655–) |
| Father | Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri |
Life and career
Camilla Guerrieri was born 1628, in Fossombrone, Duchy of Urbino (now Italy).[3] Her father was artist Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, who taught her how to paint.[4][5] She married Paolo de'Natti in 1655, the castellan of the fortress of Pesaro.[3][6]
In 1651 she painted a St. Jerome for Girolamo Giordano, a Pesaro nobleman.[3] When Vittoria della Rovere become Grand Duchess consort of Tuscany, she moved from Pesaro to Florence and brought with her as a painter Camilla Guerrieri.[6] Many of her works are missing or lost.[3]
She died in the parish of San Terenzo.[6] A monographic book was dedicated to her in 1999,[1] and which other studies have appeared.
