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Violante Beatrice Siries
Self-portrait (date unknown)
Born26 January 1709
Florence, Italy
Died20 April 1783
Florence, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
SpouseGiuseppe Cerroti
Patron(s)Medici family

Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783) was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence and, from 1726, studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher in Paris. Upon returning to Florence she married Giuseppe Cerroti, about whom nothing is known, and continued her artistic studies under Francesco Conti.

Life and work

Siries was talented in several genres, but established herself as a portraitist. She succeeded in gaining the patronage of the Medici family. After the death of Giovanna Fratellini in 1731, she also received support from the Medici's financial partners, the Gondi family. She often travelled to Rome and Vienna to execute commissions.

Her most ambitious work was a fourteen figure family group of the Emperor Charles VI, the father of Maria Theresa of Austria (1735). Three of her self-portraits are preserved in the Uffizi Gallery.

In later life she became a respected teacher. Her pupils included Anna Bacherini Piattoli.

She is one of the artists whose works are being restored by the Advancing Women Artists Foundation. She was also mentioned in Jane Fortune's book Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence, which discusses female Florentine artists.

Among her paintings :

Selected paintings

  • Young Ladies in a Garden Landscape (c.1735) Young Ladies in a Garden Landscape (c.1735)
  • Count Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1750) Count Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1750)
  • Captain Edward Hughes (1761) Captain Edward Hughes (1761)
  • Saint Francis of Assisi (1765) Saint Francis of Assisi (1765)
  • The Virgin Mary Presenting the Baby Jesus to Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi (1767) The Virgin Mary Presenting the Baby Jesus to Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi (1767)
  • Young Man Reading the Notizia del Disegno (1775) Young Man Reading the Notizia del Disegno (1775)

References

  1. Soguel, Dominique and Squires, Nick. "Out of the shadows: Historical female artists finally shine." Christian Science Monitor 8 Feb. 2019 ("Opposing Viewpoints in Context")
  2. Rachel Donadio, "Can a Museum Change Italy", in: The New York Times, 21 Aug. 2016
  3. Detailed description (in French) @ ANTIC Swiss
  4. Full-length portrait. She also created a half-length with him holding a telescope, belonging to the National Trust, Tredegar House

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