Elisabetta Sirani
(1638–1665) italiensk barockmålare
Elisabetta Sirani (1638–1665) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Elisabetta Sirani belongs to the chapter ‘The Baroque’ in this site’s history of art.
Elisabetta Sirani was born in Bologna and died in Bologna. Elisabetta Sirani worked in Bologna. Wikidata associates Elisabetta Sirani with Baroque. The students included Ginevra Cantofoli.
The best-known works include ‘Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great’ and ‘Portia Wounding her Thigh’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait, allegory, and religious painting. The catalogue has 31 works by Elisabetta Sirani with free images. The dated works span the years 1650–1665. Works by Elisabetta Sirani are held by several collections, among them Nationalmuseum, Museo di Capodimonte, Fondazione Carisbo, and National Museum of Women in the Arts. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Baroque’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Martin van den Bogaert, Abraham Begeyn, Joseph Werner, Andrea Celesti, and David Teniers III.