short biography

Elisabetta Sirani (b. 1638 Bologna / Italy; d. 1665, Bologna / Italy) was an artist of the Baroque period. She painted mainly religious and mythological pictures. Around 1658 she founded an art academy for girls and women in Bologna.

works
1658 Judith with the head of Holofernes (Lakeview Museum of Arts and Science, Peoria)
1663 Madonna with Child (National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington)

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collection/s

Courtauld, London Flint Institute of Arts Galleria Estense, Modena Galleria dell´Accademia, Venice IMU University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Museo di Capodimonte, Naples Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig Museum of Fine Arts, Boston National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington National Museum, Warsaw Pinacoteca Nazionale, Bologna Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow Queen´s Gallery, London The Art Institute of Chicago Walters Art Museum, Baltimore .
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