Monday, September 11, 2023

Elisabetta Sirani: Maestra of Baroque Bologna

Madonna and Child with a resplendent halo behind them.
ELISABETTA SIRANI

(Bologna, 1638 – 1665)

Madonna and Child


Oil on canvas
14 x 10 ⅝ inches (35.6 x 27 cm)

Portrait of a woman in three quarter profile. She looks toward the viewer as she holds an apple near her chest.

ELISABETTA SIRANI
(Bologna, 1638 – 1665)


Portrait of Ortensia Leoni Cordini as Saint Dorothy

Signed and dated 1661 on the neckline:
ELISA.TA SIRANI F. MDCLXI

Oil on canvas
23 ¼ x 19 ⅝ inches (59 x 50 cm)