Giovanna Fratellini

Giovanna Fratellini
Self-Portrait (1720)
Born1666
Florence, Italy
Died18 April 1731
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque

Giovanna Fratellini (1666 – 1731) was a Florentine artist during the Baroque period. Born in Florence as Giovanna Marrmocchini Cortesi, she married Guiliano Fratellini in 1685 and changed her name to Fratellini.[1] This well-born woman pastellist was a lady-in-waiting to Vittoria della Rovere, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany.[2]

  1. ^ Fortune, Jane, and Linda Falcone. Invisible Women:. Florence: Florentine, 2010. Print.
  2. ^ Miller, Nancy Bea (2013-06-03). "Women in the Act of Painting: Giovanna gentilissima". Women in the Act of Painting. Retrieved 2021-07-27.