Where can you see Rosalba Carriera in Venice?

At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: Self-portrait, Portrait of a boy and Portrait of the French consul Le Blond. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Rosalba Carriera's most famous work in Venice?

Self-portrait, of about 1746, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. The painter in her seventies, in pastel, a few years before her sight failed.

When and where was Rosalba Carriera born?

On 12 January 1673, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Rosalba Carriera died on 15 April 1757, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 84.

What is Rosalba Carriera known for?

Made the pastel portrait fashionable across Europe. Elected to the Royal Academy in Paris in 1720. Began by painting miniatures for snuffboxes. Rosalba Carriera was a Venetian painter, of Rococo.

Painter, 1673 to 1757

Rosalba Carriera

Rosalba Carriera began by painting the lids of snuffboxes and became the most famous portraitist in Europe. Her portraits in pastel, soft and luminous, were bought by kings, and the Accademia keeps a room of them.

Born: 1673, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 1757, Venice, Republic of Venice
Movement: Rococo
In Venice: 3 works in 1 museum

Where to see Rosalba Carriera in Venice

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Gallerie dell'Accademia3 works

Self-portrait
about 1746
The painter in her seventies, in pastel, a few years before her sight failed.
Portrait of a boy
about 1726
A young boy in pastel, his face lit softly against a plain ground.
Portrait of the French consul Le Blond
about 1727
The French consul in Venice, in pastel, one of the portraits of foreigners in the city that made her fortune.

The life of Rosalba Carriera

Carriera was born in Venice, the daughter of a clerk and a lacemaker, and began with miniatures on ivory for snuffboxes. She took up pastel and made it a medium for serious portraits.

In 1720 she went to Paris, where she was elected to the Royal Academy, and her portraits were collected by the Elector of Saxony in Dresden. She went blind in her last years and died in Venice in 1757.

What to know

Made the pastel portrait fashionable across Europe
Elected to the Royal Academy in Paris in 1720
Began by painting miniatures for snuffboxes

Born: 12 January 1673, Venice, Republic of Venice
Died: 15 April 1757, Venice, Republic of Venice

Rosalba Carriera: common questions

Where can you see Rosalba Carriera in Venice?: At the Gallerie dell'Accademia: Self-portrait, Portrait of a boy and Portrait of the French consul Le Blond. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Rosalba Carriera's most famous work in Venice?: Self-portrait, of about 1746, at the Gallerie dell'Accademia. The painter in her seventies, in pastel, a few years before her sight failed.
When and where was Rosalba Carriera born?: On 12 January 1673, at Venice, Republic of Venice. Rosalba Carriera died on 15 April 1757, at Venice, Republic of Venice, aged about 84.
What is Rosalba Carriera known for?: Made the pastel portrait fashionable across Europe. Elected to the Royal Academy in Paris in 1720. Began by painting miniatures for snuffboxes. Rosalba Carriera was a Venetian painter, of Rococo.