Maria Callani
Italian artist (1778–1803)
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Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.
Maria Callani | |
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Self-portrait, (1802) oil on panel, from the Galleria nazionale di Parma | |
| Born | 15 August 1779 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 9 February 1803 (aged 24) Parma, Italy |
| Occupation | painter |
Biography
Maria Callani was born 15 August 1778 in Milan, Italy, her father was artist Gaetano Callani and her mother was Angela Gerli, the sister of the architect it:Agostino Gerli.[1] Her younger brother Francesco Callani (1779–1844) was also a portrait painter.[1][2]
Her portraits included notable figures like the Countess Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni of Viadana, Alessandro Sanvitale, it:Stefano Sanvitale, and Fra Antonio Negroni,.
Callani died at the age of 24 of tuberculosis on 9 February 1803 in Parma. Her works can be found in various public museum collections including Galleria nazionale di Parma,[3][4] Museo Glauco Lombardi,[5] it:Pinacoteca Stuard,[6] among others.
