A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Fratellina, Giovanna
FRATELLINA, GIOVANNA,
An Italian artist, was born at Florence in 1666. She possessed some talent for historical painting; but her chief excellence consisted in painting portraits. As she executed equally well in oil, crayons, miniature, and enamel, Cosmo the Third, and most of the princes and princesses of Italy, sat to her. Her own portrait in the ducal gallery, painted by herself, is a happy instance of her talent. It represents her in the act of taking the portrait of Lorenzo, her only son and pupil, who died in the bloom of life. It is painted in crayons, and equals the best productions of Rosalba.