Maria Callani
Maria Callani | |
|---|---|
 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 |
Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.
Biography[edit]
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.
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lavagetto Ceschi, Paola (1973). Callani, Gaetano from Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 16.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Dallasta, Federica (2006). "Francesco Callani pittore parmigiano dell'Ottocento" [Francesco Callani, a 19th-century Parmesan Painter]. In "Aurea Parma" (In Collaborazione Con Annetta Rozzi): 45–90.
- ^ "La "Scapiliata" di Leonardo da Vinci: fortuna, studi e nuove ipotesi in mostra a Parma". Finestre sull'Arte - newspaper (in Italian). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Italian Museums for #Museumweek - Mostra - Roma - Sedi varie del territorio nazionale - Arte.it". Arte.it (in Italian). 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Maria Callani, Ritratto della contessina Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni di Viadana - 1797". Museo Lombardi. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Opera d'arte Autoritratto di Callani Maria (1778/ 1803), a Parma". Beni-culturali.eu. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- 1778 births
- 1803 deaths
- Italian portrait painters
- Artists from Parma
- Artists from Milan
- Tuberculosis deaths in Italy
- 18th-century Italian painters
- 18th-century Italian women artists
- 19th-century Italian painters
- 19th-century Italian women artists
- 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
- Infectious disease deaths in Emilia-Romagna
- Sibling artists
- Italian women painters