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Rosalba Carriera

Selected Works

A half-length portrait of a young woman with gray hair, wearing a white and pink gown with a blue shawl around her shoulders. Her cheeks are heavily rouged, and she has flowers in her hair. She looks at the viewer directly with a serious expression.

Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Clermont

1720
Rosalba Carriera, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Mademoiselle de Clermont, 1720. Pastel on canvas, 55 x 42 cm. Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly.
Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly.

A half-length portrait of a man wearing a bright blue coat trimmed with fur and an elaborate black and white hat. He looks at the viewer with a slight smile.

Gustavus Hamilton (1710–1746), Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume

1730-31
Rosalba Carriera, Gustavus Hamilton (1710–1746), Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume, 1730–31. Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas, 56.5 x 42.9 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art

An oval miniature portrait of a man, cropped just below his chest. He is wearing an elaborate eighteenth-century wig and an elaborate costume to match. He looks at the viewer directly.

Portrait of a Man

ca. 1710
Rosalba Carriera, Portrait of a Man, ca. 1710. Ivory, 7.6 x 5.9 cm. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Metropolitan Museum of Art

A half-length portrait of the personification of autumn, who is pictured as a young woman with a bare chest and pink robes draped in her lap. A putto sits in her lap and looks up towards her holding grapes plucked from the basket of fruit the young woman is holding.

Personification of Autumn

ca. 1730
Rosalba Carriera, Personification of Autumn, ca. 1730. Pastel on blue paper, 66 x 49.2 cm. Royal Collection Trust.
Royal Collection Trust

A half-length portrait of the personification of spring, who is pictured as a young woman looking down at a putto with a smile. The two figures hold a garland of flowers. The woman has flower in her hair and is draped in pink, yellow, and white fabric, with one breast bared.

Personification of Spring

ca. 1730
Rosalba Carriera, Personification of Spring, ca. 1730. Pastel on blue paper, 64.1 x 50.2 cm. Royal Collection Trust.
Royal Collection Trust

A half-length portrait of the personification of summer, who is pictured as a young woman holding a basket of fruit and flowers. She looks directly at the viewer with a slight smile. She wears a white, pink, and blue gown and large pearl earrings.

Personification of Summer

ca. 1730
Rosalba Carriera, Personification of Summer, ca. 1730. Pastel on blue paper, 59.8 x 50.1 cm. Royal Collection Trust.
Royal Collection Trust

A half-length portrait of the personification of winter, who is pictured as a young woman wrapping herself in a purple velvet cloak, trimmed with ermine fur. She wears large pearl earrings and ribbons in her hair. She turns her shoulder to the viewer, looking out directly with a slight smile.

Personification of Winter

ca. 1730
Rosalba Carriera, Personification of Winter, ca. 1730. Pastel on blue paper, 61.6 x 49.5 cm. Royal Collection Trust.
Royal Collection Trust

A classicized portrait of a young woman, cropped at half-length, seated in front of a dreamy, cloud-like background. She holds a book in her lap and looks up towards the sky. She wears a laurel crown and diaphanous grown, with one breast bared.

Allegory of Poetry

ca. 1740
Rosalba Carriera, Allegory of Poetry, ca. 1740. Pastel on paper, mounted to canvas, 63 x 50 cm. Staaliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
Staaliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

A bust-length portrait of the artist as a middle-aged woman, seated in front of a gray background. She is elegantly dressed in eighteenth-century clothing, including a coat trimmed with fur, large earrings, and bows in her hair. She looks out, away from the viewer, with a slight smile.

Self-Portrait

ca. 1745
Rosalba Carriera, Self-Portrait, ca. 1745. Pastel on paper, 56.7 x 45.8 cm. Royal Collection Trust.
Royal Collection Trust

A bust-length portrait of a young woman wearing an eighteenth-century white wig with blue bows. She is elegantly dressed, with a spray of flowers at her bust. She looks directly out at the viewer.

Portrait of a Young Girl

n.d.
Rosalba Carriera, Portrait of a Young Girl, n.d. Pastel on paper, mounted to canvas, 42.5 x 33.5 cm. Staaliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe.
Staaliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe

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