Africa
Rosalba Carriera · 1720
Why it's great
A woman in a headdress and bright dress represents the continent of Africa, in a soft pastel. Rosalba Carriera painted it in about 1720, one of four pictures for the continents, and she was a famous Venetian pastel artist.
Where to see it
📍 Gemäldegalerie Alte MeisterDresden, Germany
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Rosalba Carriera was a Venetian painter born in 1675, who was famous for portraits in soft pastel chalk. She was welcomed in Paris, Vienna and Venice, and she was one of the first women to be admitted to the French Academy. She died in 1757.
