Maria Callani

Maria Callani
Maria Callani
	Self-portrait, (1802) oil on panel, from the Galleria nazionale di Parma
Born	15 August 1779; Milan, Italy
Died	9 February 1803 (aged 24); Parma, Italy
Occupation	painter

Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.

Biography

Maria Callani was born 15 August 1778 in Milan, Italy, her father was artist Gaetano Callani and her mother was Angela Gerli, the sister of the architect it:Agostino Gerli.^[1] Her younger brother Francesco Callani (1779–1844) was also a portrait painter.^[1]^[2]

Her portraits included notable figures like the Countess Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni of Viadana, Alessandro Sanvitale, it:Stefano Sanvitale, and Fra Antonio Negroni,.

Callani died at the age of 24 of tuberculosis on 9 February 1803 in Parma. Her works can be found in various public museum collections including Galleria nazionale di Parma,^[3]^[4] Museo Glauco Lombardi,^[5] it:Pinacoteca Stuard,^[6] among others.

References

^ ^a ^b Lavagetto Ceschi, Paola (1973). Callani, Gaetano from Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 16. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Dallasta, Federica (2006). "Francesco Callani pittore parmigiano dell'Ottocento" [Francesco Callani, a 19th-century Parmesan Painter]. In "Aurea Parma" (In Collaborazione Con Annetta Rozzi): 45–90.
^ "La "Scapiliata" di Leonardo da Vinci: fortuna, studi e nuove ipotesi in mostra a Parma". Finestre sull'Arte - newspaper (in Italian). Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Italian Museums for #Museumweek - Mostra - Roma - Sedi varie del territorio nazionale - Arte.it". Arte.it (in Italian). 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Maria Callani, Ritratto della contessina Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni di Viadana - 1797". Museo Lombardi. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Opera d'arte Autoritratto di Callani Maria (1778/ 1803), a Parma". Beni-culturali.eu. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[:0-1] Lavagetto Ceschi, Paola (1973). Callani, Gaetano from Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 16. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[2] Dallasta, Federica (2006). "Francesco Callani pittore parmigiano dell'Ottocento" [Francesco Callani, a 19th-century Parmesan Painter]. In "Aurea Parma" (In Collaborazione Con Annetta Rozzi): 45–90.

[3] "La "Scapiliata" di Leonardo da Vinci: fortuna, studi e nuove ipotesi in mostra a Parma". Finestre sull'Arte - newspaper (in Italian). Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[4] "Italian Museums for #Museumweek - Mostra - Roma - Sedi varie del territorio nazionale - Arte.it". Arte.it (in Italian). 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[5] "Maria Callani, Ritratto della contessina Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni di Viadana - 1797". Museo Lombardi. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[6] "Opera d'arte Autoritratto di Callani Maria (1778/ 1803), a Parma". Beni-culturali.eu. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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