Angelica Le Gru Perotti Explained

Angelica Le Gru Perotti
Birth Date:	1719
Birth Place:	Verona, Italy
Death Place:	London, United Kingdom
Nationality:	Italian
Field:	Painting
Movement:	Rococo
Spouse:	P. A. Perotti

Angelica Le Gru Perotti (1719  - 1 September 1776) was an Italian painter and pastellist of the Rococo period, active at first in Northern Italy and Venice.^[1]

She was born into a family of painters, including her father, the portraitist Stefano Le Gru, and her three brothers, Giuseppe, Tommaso, and Lodovico.^[2] Le Gru trained with painter Rosalba Carriera in Venice. She married the painter Pietro Antonio Perotti. In 1768, the Perottis moved to London. Angelica Perotti worked mainly in pastel. She exhibited at least five works at the Royal Academy in 1772 and 1775. She is best known for pastel portraits she completed in London, similar to the voyages of Rosalba Carriera.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: LE GRU-PEROTTI, Angelica in Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Index. 26 September 2017.
2. Book: Jeffares, Neil. Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800. Unicorn Press. 2006. 9780906290866. Norwich.
3. Web site: LE GRU-PEROTTI, Angelica (died 1776), Painter, pastellist. 2006. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. en. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00106887. 2019-03-14.