Marianna Carlevarijs

Marianna Carlevarijs (1703 – 1750) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice, depicting pastel portraits.

Biography

Mariana was the daughter of the prominent Venetian painter of vedute, Luca Carlevarijs. She was a friend, and pupil in the style and subject matter, of Rosalba Carriera.^[1]

Works

• Portrait of Girolamo Maria Balbi, sala dei pastelli, Ca Rezzonico Museum, Venice
• Portrait of Cornelia Foscolo Balbi, sala dei pastelli, Ca Rezzonico Museum, Venice
• Portrait of Marco e Caterina Balbi, sala dei pastelli, Ca Rezzonico Museum, Venice^[2]
• Portrait of a Young Woman, Private Collection^[3]
• Portrait of Unknown Gentleman^[4]
• Allegory of Peace, Museo Civici of Vicenza^[5]

References

1. Donne sulla scena pubblica: società e politica in Veneto tra Sette e Ottocento, edited by Nadia Maria Filippini, page 44.
2. Venezia, Volume 7, by Touring club italiano, page 438.
3. Ritratto di giovane dama, from exhibition Le tele svelate. Pittrici venete dal Cinquecento al Novecento, a cura di Caterina Limentani Virdis, Mirano 1996, p. 161.
4. Pinacoteca Brera, Portrait of an unknown man (1737).
5. Vicenza Museum official site.