Costanza Ghilini (1754–1775) was an Italian amateur painter. Born in Alessandria, Ghilini was a member of the noble Provana di Collegno family; her parents may have been Vittorio Amedeo Ghilini, marchese di Maranzana and his wife, née Gabriella Maria Teresa dal Pozzo, but this is unconfirmed. She is recorded as having worked in

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and

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, and to have been a fine performer on the

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as well. At her death she was memorialized in a sonnet by the poet Alessandro Sappa.

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1754 births 1775 deaths Italian women painters Painters from Piedmont 18th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian women artists People from Alessandria {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub