Why have I never heard of Elisabetta Sirani, 17th-c. artist who painted Plutarch's little-known story of Theban Timoclea's revenge on her rapist, a captain in Alexander's army? She told him there was money at the bottom of her well, pushed him into it & blocked it with stones.

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It's family Summer vacation time. What adventures do your family go on during this season? In this awesome by Elisabetta Ferrero, the family have fun exploring a forest! View Elisabetta's full at https://t.co/hVLbyhlWCX https://t.co/K0vjR4aUHq

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Just a couple more by scenes by before the day ends:

1675, Oratory of St. John, Poggio Mirteto
1663, private collection https://t.co/OvSpw1MTNe

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Cugino di Gesù di Nazareth, figlio di Elisabetta, colui che apre la via all'anno di grazia mediante il battesimo di conversione.
Caravaggio

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Elisabetta Sirani, artista talentuosa del Seicento. Fu figlia d’arte, il padre Giovanni Andrea Sirani fu il primo assistente di Guido Reni.
Pittrice e acquafortista fu la prima artista in Europa a creare una scuola di pittura per donne.

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So these are my main three Monsters. They started as a fun Halloween challenge thing from 2012. I just kept drawing them. And adding girls to the crew. Elisabetta (Vampire), Franceska (Stiched Together Monster), and Neff (Mummy). Here's 2012-2017-2020

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Who else can totally relate to this Princess?! Quarantine Mood, a timely by Elisabetta Ferrero. View more of Elisabetta's at https://t.co/BbvFq20ELe https://t.co/K0vjR4aUHq

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Next up is this beautiful 17th c painting of Cleopatra by Elisabetta Sirani. Even though she died at only 27, Sirani cemented herself as one of the few major female figures in baroque art. Her father was an assistant to Guido Reni, whose work clearly influenced her own!

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Mater dolorosa with Symbols of the Passion, 1657, by (Italian, 1638-1665). Held in the Regional Museum Complex, Emilia Romagna, National Art Gallery of Bologna; source, https://t.co/dNucN7gtKj

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'Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it.'~ Henry David Thoreau
Image~Elisabetta Sirani
B.1638

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Plutarco dice que Alejandro Magno, muy impresionado por el valor de Timoclea, ordenó para ella y sus hijos la libertad.

Hay obras que muestran esta escena para hablar de la compasión de Alejandro Magno, pero la pintora Elisabetta Sirani decide mostrar el momento de mayor furia.

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Portrait of the Artist Painting a Portrait of her Father

Baroque painter and printmaker Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) was one of Bologna's most innovative and influential artists, especially on the women artists of the city.

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ore 16.30
Palazzo Zuckermann
Visita alla mostra
Novecento al Museo.
A cura di Elisabetta Gastaldi, curatrice della mostra
Info
Ingresso gratuito fino a esaurimento posti
museo.arte.padova.it - tel. 049.8204581

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Elisabetta Sirani (1638-65)

opened her own studio in Bologna early in her career

supported chiefly by private commissions

She was so prodigious an artist that by the time of her death at 27,

she had completed circa 170 paintings, 14 etchings

and a number of drawings

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La vita troppo breve di un’artista di grande, innovativo talento

Elisabetta Sirani (Bologna, 1638-1665)

Autoritratto, Allegoria della Pittura
Vergine con il Bambino
Ritratto femminile, come Pandora
Cleopatra

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