Rosalba Carriera: the artist who made pastel a technique in all respects.

Venetian Rococo painter  Rosalba Carriera was an Italian artist, known both for her pastel portraits and for the miniatures on snuff boxes, for which she was the first to use ivory instead of parchment. Born in a house on the Grand Canal in Venice, from a mother who worked as a lacemaker, Rosalba learned very early on the technique, the delicacy and mastery with which she worked lace, which made ...

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