Anna Bacherini Piattoli

Anna Bacherini Piattoli (1720–1788) was an Italian painter.

Self-Portrait at the Age of 56, 1776, oil on canvas, in the collection of the Uffizi

Life

Born in Florence, Piattoli studied with Francesco Ciaminghi, Francesco Conti, and Violante Beatrice Siries. She married the painter Gaetano Piattoli in 1741; the couple's son, Giuseppe, also became a painter,[1] while another son, Scipione, achieved some note as a Piarist priest.[2] Anna Piattoli specialized in miniature paintings and pastels, and produced portraits and religious scenes. An oil self-portrait of 1776, in which she is shown copying the Madonna del Sacco of Andrea del Sarto, is in the collection of the Uffizi.[1]

References

1. Profile in the Dictionary of Pastellists Before 1800.
2. Emanuel Rostworowski, Piattoli Scipione, Polski Słownik Biograficzny, Tom XXV, Zakład Narodowy Imenia Ossolińskich I Wydawnictwo Polskieh Akademii Nauk, 1980, ISBN 83-04-00148-9, p. 818