CARRIERA, Rosalba
(b. 1675, Venezia, d. 1757, Venezia)

Portrait of Sister Maria Caterina

1732-34
Pastel on paper
Museo del Settecento Veneziano, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice

Rosalba Carriera carefully emphasised the deep spirituality of her subject in this portrait of the nun, who died in 1734 amid rumours of sanctity.