Maddalena Corvina

Maddalena Corvina (1607-1664) was an Italian portrait and still life painter and engraver. Corvina specialized in miniature portrait paintings. Living and working in Rome, the House of Medici were patrons.[1][2] She apprenticed under her uncle, Francesco da Castello. Anna Angelica Allegrini was a student of Corvina.[2] Works by Corvina are held in the Albani Library.[1] Corvina was the subject of a portrait by Claude Mellan in 1636.[3]

Maddalena Corvina
A portrait of Maddalena Corvina by Claude Mellan, 1636
Born(1607-10-17)October 17, 1607
DiedFebruary 3, 1664(1664-02-03) (aged 56)
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
Engraving
StyleMiniature painting
Portraiture
Still life
Patron(s)House of Medici

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