Collection: Rosalba Carriera

Rosalba Carriera (12 January 1673 – 15 April 1757) was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighteenth-century Europe. She is remembered as one of the most successful women artists of any era.

Among her canonical works are Portrait of a gentleman in red and Portrait of a boy. She worked primarily in allegory, portrait painting, and genre art.