Isabella Piccini
Italian artist and nun
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Isabella Piccini (born Elisabetta Piccini 1644-1732)[1] was an Italian artist and nun. She worked in the mediums of etching, engraving, and illustration.
Life and work
Piccini was born in Venice in 1644.[2] Her father was etcher and engraver Giacomo Piccini.[3] He trained Piccini in engraving and illustration in the style of the great masters such as Peter Paul Rubens and Titian.[1] Piccini became a Franciscan nun in 1666, joining the Convent of Santa Croce. Upon joining, she changed her name to Sister Isabella.[1]
Prominent Italians commissioned works from her, including portraits and religious artworks. Giovanni Antonio Remondini distributed her prints throughout Europe.[4] All income she made was split between her convent and her family.[1]
Notable collections
- Title Page Dittionario Italiano, e Francese Del Signor Veneroni, 1644–1734, Metropolitan Museum of Art[5]
Gallery
Vita beatae Zitae virginis Lucensis, ex vetustissimo codice m.s. fidelitèr transumpta.Ferrara: Typographia Filoniana, 1688
Engraving of Saint Jovan Vladimir, 1690
Cavallo imperfetto del Polesine, 1692
Simboli predicabili : estratti da sacri evangeli che corrono nella quadragesima : delineati con morali, & eruditi discorsi, 1692
Portrait of poet Ottavio de' Rossi
Portrait of writer Francesco Fulvio Frugoni
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