Anna Bacherini Piattoli
Italian painter (1720-1788)
Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720, Florence – 1788, Florence) was an Italian painter.
Biography
She studied with Francesco Ciaminghi (?-1736), Francesco Conti, and Violante Beatrice Siries. During this time, she attracted the attention of Niccolò Gabburri, a diplomat who was also an art collector. He notes that her portraits were very popular and that she was associated with the Accademia di San Luca. He also compared her to Rosalba Carriera.
In 1741, she married the painter Gaetano Piattoli. Their son, Giuseppe, also became a painter, while another son, Scipione, was a Piarist priest who played a major role in the Polish Enlightenment.
She specialized in portrait miniatures and pastels for a living, but also produced some deeply felt religious scenes. Although she received numerous commissions from the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, few of her works remain and many are in need of restoration; notably a Saint Francis held at the San Salvi Museum.
A few large portraits are among her surviving works, including a self-portrait from 1776 at the Uffizi Gallery.
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