Elisabetta Sirani

Elisabetta Sirani (8 January 1638 – 28 August 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bologna, who established an academy for other women artists.

Elisabetta Sirani
Self-Portrait as Allegory of Painting (1658) by Elisabetta Sirani, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Born(1638-01-08)8 January 1638
Died28 August 1665(1665-08-28) (aged 27)
Bologna, Holy Roman Empire
NationalityItalian
EducationFamily
Known forPainting
MovementBaroque
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