Person
Rosalba Carriera
Venetian Rococo painter
Rosalba Carriera (7 October 1675 – 15 April 1757) is a Venetian Rococo painter.
In her younger years, she specializes in portrait miniatures.
She later becomes known for her pastel work, a medium appealing to Rococo styles for its soft edges and flattering surfaces.
In Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall, there is a charming portrait by Carriera of Humphrey Prideaux, the archetypal gentry son pictured on his "Grand Tour," in which a love-letter from Carriera to the sitter is reputed to have been hidden behind the frame.
She has many male friends and many aristocratic admirers of her talent.