Faustina Bracci Armellini (1785–1857) was an Italian

pastel A pastel () is an art medium that consists of powdered pigment and a binder (material), binder. It can exist in a variety of forms, including a stick, a square, a pebble, and a pan of color, among other forms. The pigments used in pastels are ...

list. Born in Rome, Bracci Armellini was the daughter of , an architect, and granddaughter of the sculptor

Pietro Bracci Pietro Bracci (June 16, 1700 –1773) was an Italian sculptor working in the Late Baroque manner. He is best known for carving the marble sculpture of Oceanus at the center of Rome's Trevi Fountain, based on a plaster '' modello'' by Giovann ...

. In 1811 she became a member of the

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, which preserves a self-portrait, dating to that year, in which she is seen copying a portrait of

Antonio Canova Antonio Canova (; 1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822) was an Italians, Italian Neoclassical sculpture, Neoclassical sculptor, famous for his marble sculptures. Often regarded as the greatest of the Neoclassical artists,. his sculpture was ins ...

by Sir

Thomas Lawrence Sir Thomas Lawrence (13 April 1769 – 7 January 1830) was an English people, English portrait painter and the fourth president of the Royal Academy. A child prodigy, he was born in Bristol and began drawing in Devizes, where his father was a ...

. In 1812 she married

Carlo Armellini Carlo Armellini (1777 – 6 June 1863) was a Roman politician, activist and jurist. He was part of the triumvirate leading the short-lived Roman Republic (19th century), Roman Republic in 1849, together with Giuseppe Mazzini and Aurelio Saffi. ...

. All of her known works date to after 1800.

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1785 births 1857 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Artists from the Papal States Painters from Rome Italian pastel artists Italian women pastel artists 19th-century Italian women painters {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub