Maria Callani Explained

Maria Callani
Birth Date:	15 August 1779
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Death Place:	Parma, Italy
Occupation:	painter

Maria Callani (15 August 1778 – 9 February 1803) was an Italian portrait painter, active in the 18th century in Milan and Parma, Italy.

Biography

Maria Callani was born 15 August 1778 in Milan, Italy, her father was artist Gaetano Callani and her mother was Angela Gerli, the sister of the architect .^[1] Her younger brother Francesco Callani (1779–1844) was also a portrait painter.^[2]

Her portraits included notable figures like the Countess Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni of Viadana, Alessandro Sanvitale,, and Fra Antonio Negroni,.

Callani died at the age of 24 of tuberculosis on 9 February 1803 in Parma. Her works can be found in various public museum collections including Galleria nazionale di Parma,^{[3] [4]} Museo Glauco Lombardi,^[5],^[6] among others.

Notes and References

1. Book: Lavagetto Ceschi, Paola. Callani, Gaetano from Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 16. 1973. Treccani.
2. Dallasta. Federica. 2006. Francesco Callani pittore parmigiano dell'Ottocento. Francesco Callani, a 19th-century Parmesan Painter. In "Aurea Parma" (In Collaborazione Con Annetta Rozzi). en. 45–90.
3. Web site: La "Scapiliata" di Leonardo da Vinci: fortuna, studi e nuove ipotesi in mostra a Parma. 10 August 2020. Finestre sull'Arte - newspaper. it.
4. Web site: 2017. Italian Museums for #Museumweek - Mostra - Roma - Sedi varie del territorio nazionale - Arte.it. 10 August 2020. Arte.it. it.
5. Web site: Maria Callani, Ritratto della contessina Chiara Mazzucchini Guidoboni di Viadana - 1797. 10 August 2020. Museo Lombardi.
6. Web site: Opera d'arte Autoritratto di Callani Maria (1778/ 1803), a Parma. 10 August 2020. Beni-culturali.eu.