A Young Lady with a Parrotc. 1730
Rosalba Carriera, or simply Rosalba, as she was known, was a shrewd judge of character; she enhanced but never obscured the appearance of her sitters. More about this work
About this work
Rosalba Carriera, or simply Rosalba, as she was known, was a shrewd judge of character; she enhanced but never obscured the appearance of her sitters. This pastel may depict a young Englishwoman, perhaps one of the daughters of Lord Manchester. Whoever the model, this image’s aura of grace and seduction would characterize the arts of much of the 18th century, marking Rosalba as one of the originators of the Rococo style in Italy and France.
Text from the Art Institute of Chicago.
What you’re looking at
A pastel drawing of woman in blue and pink dress with blue parrot.
Description from the Art Institute of Chicago.
How it was made
- Pastel
- Sticks of almost pure pigment with very little binder. The colour sits on the paper as powder: bright, matte and fragile.
- Laid paper
- Handmade on a mould of close-set wires, which leave fine parallel lines you can see when the sheet is held to the light.
Rosalba Carriera
Italian, 1673–1757
Rights and the museum’s record
Public domain. The Art Institute of Chicago has dedicated this image to the public domain under CC0, so anyone may copy, adapt and use it, for any purpose, without asking. Our prints and files are reproductions made from the museum’s image; the museum doesn’t endorse them.
- Object number
- 1985.40
- Credit
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Type
- Drawing and Watercolor
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Museum record
- See it on the museum’s site
