Maria Giovanna Clementi Explained

Maria Giovanna Clementi
Birth Date: 1692
Birth Place:Turin
Nationality:Italian
Spouse:Giuseppe Bartolomeo Clementi
Movement:Baroque

Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), called la Clementina, was an Italian painter, specializing in portraits.[1]

Biography

She was born in Turin, the daughter of a surgeon, Giovanni Pietro Giuseppe Bussano (Bussana, Buzana) and Maria Cristina Ausineti.[2] Her husband was Giuseppe Bartolomeo Clementi, about whom little is known. She trained in Turin with court painter Giovanni Battista Curlando, who advised her to specialize in portraits. In 1733 she resided with her husband in the palace of Count Carlo Giacinto Roero.

Some documents show that at least since 1722, she worked for the court, painting portraits of members of the royal family of Savoy that were to be exchanged with other European courts.

List of works

Notes and References

  1. Griseri, Andreina, "Clementi, Maria Giovanna Battista, detta la Clementina", Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, vol 26 (1982).
  2. Web site: CLEMENTI, Maria Giovanna Battista, detta la Clementina in "Dizionario Biografico". www.treccani.it. it-IT. 2019-03-04.