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Ii.—Female Aetists. By An" Itaxi-Ajst.
her masterAntonio Lazzari , in miniatures , and proceeded to paint in oil lete , when set , of English and friend induced , name her d Coll to , turn presented her attention her with to a
that comp style , in which crayons , according , 1 to Zanetti , she attained the highest maj ori grade g e ina st of l is perfection compositions singularl . ( 37 , happy in ) which She has but th left e portraits combina some Madonnas were tion her of , grace fort and . and fe In w
y y ; King Venice of she Poland painted , her the particular King patron of Denmark ; in Pari and s the Augustus whole royal III .,
family , where she was elected member of the Academy of Art , which and Vienna she presented portraits with of the one rei of gning her best families pictures were ; and also executed Modena
hy her . She , belonged to the academy of S . Luke in Rome , and presented Returning it with to Venice a beautiful she adorned picture . her own house with portraits
induced and orig to ina sell l compositions at a hih price , and to Augustus this valuable III . who collection placed she them was in
g , numerous a special cabinet ; many of his palace symbolica in Dresden l pic . tures Her —for productions example , were the
travellers Muses , the . Sc Althoug iences , h the cra Seasons yon drawing , etc ., — is were inferior purchased to oil painting by English in
the n p crayons ess oin im t o pasto f y dura be of so t bt ion the ained w , tints el yet l , , and d owing inse apt a parable ed cer , to su tain the perior from dryness process softness miniature in of the stump and painting contours life ing -like to avoided and which fresh in - .
Nature had endowed Hosalba , with lofLy aspirations and a passionate , personal soul , and attraction her heart s yearned failed to for win that . She response was aware which of her her absence extreme of
in p lainness Vienna d her , , when and he said had , turning she " She ignored to Bertoli be it , , the clever a cour Emperor t B ertdli tist Charles , mio who this presented XI painter . enlig her ht of
who thine , but , chance she is remarkabl , to be deficient may y ugly in . " beaut " , I leave y" says it to , Gamba my readers in his ,
Book may of Portraits"to decide whether this wound , was indiscreet , . " XI Kosal . was ba , the even if liest annoye , of men d , could . well afford to smile , for Charles
Be that as ug it may , she had a most unhappy life , and in her old sentiment age lost both of her her coming eyesight fate and one her of reason her last . works As if she was had a portrait a
pre-, of herself , symbolising tragedy crowned with leaves . This article , already too long , is yet insufficient to record in detail ,
painter £ 3 7 ) Elog in enamel io di It , . miniature Carriera , , p etc . . 16 , " Wal . Speaking pole writes of John " His Step heads hen want Liotard air ,
jiave and the a different softness fault of flesh , she so gave consp her icuous men in an Rosalba effemin ' ate pioture protuberance s . Her bodies about in the breasts Vol . , II yet . her . 748 pictures . have much more genius . _"—Anecdotes of Paintp
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238 GALLERY OF ILLUSTRIOUS ITALIA _N WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1858, page 238, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121858/page/22/
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