Violante Beatrice Siries

Italian artist (1709–1783)

Violante Beatrice Siries

Violante Siries Cerroti's Self portrait

Born| 1709 (1709)

Florence, Italy

Died| 1783 (aged 73-74)

Florence, Italy

Nationality| Italian
Known for| Painting
Spouse| Giuseppe Cerroti
Patron(s)| Medici family

Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783) was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence and studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher in Paris from 1726. Returning later to Florence she married Giuseppe Cerroti and continued her artistic studies under Conti.

Siries was talented in several genres, but established herself as a famous portraitist. She succeeded in gaining the patronage of the Medici family[1] and their financial partners the Gondi family in Florence after the death of Giovanna Fratellini (1731) and travelled to Rome and Vienna to execute commissions.

Her most ambitious work was a fourteen figure family group of the emperor Charles VI, the father of Maria Theresa of Austria (1735), and three of her self-portraits are preserved in the Uffizi Gallery. In later life Siries became a respected teacher and her pupils included Anna Bacherini Piattoli.

At least one of her self-portraits is part of the Uffizi Gallery's collection.[2] She is one of the artists whose art is being worked on being restored by the Advancing Women Artists Foundation. She was also mentioned in Jane Fortune's book Invisible Women: Forgotten Artists of Florence, which discusses female Florentine artists.

Among her paintings :

* The sleeping seamstress (leaning on her sewing box).[3]

* Saint Francis of Assisi

San Francesco d'Assisi, Museo di i Cappuccini, Firenze

* Young women portrait, circa 1735[4]

* Captain E. Hughes[5]

Captain Edward Hughes, Oil on canvas, 1761, National Maritime Museum, London

* The Virgin Mary presenting the Baby Jesus to Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi : for a better reproduction see [6]

Madonna e Bambino, sacristy of Santa Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi church, Firenze.

* Double portrait of Peter Leopold of Habsburg and Maria Luisa if Spain.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Soguel, Dominique and Squires, Nick. "Out of the shadows: Historical female artists finally shine." Christian Science Monitor 8 Feb. 2019. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A575061939/STND?u=nysl_we_msma&sid=STND&xid=317c7404. Accessed 23 Jan. 2020.
2. ^ Donadio, Rachel. "Can a Museum Change Italy". The New York Times, 21 Aug. 2016. Gale Onefile: News, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A461164921/STND?u=nysl_we_msma&sid=STND&xid=74f88d45. Accessed 23 Jan. 2020.
3. ^ Oil on canvas laid on board [1]
4. ^ Oil on canvas [2]. And for Details (sleeve, pearls, ...) : [3]
5. ^ Several portraits among which one with a handled telescope, belonging to the National Trust, Tredegar House [4]
6. ^ Oil on canvas [5]

## Further reading[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Violante Beatrice Siries.

* 2 artworks by or after Violante Beatrice Siries at the Art UK site
* Greer, G.; The Obstacle Race (1979)

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