Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692–1761), called la Clementina, was an Italian painter, specializing in portraits.
[Griseri, Andreina]
"Clementi, Maria Giovanna Battista, detta la Clementina"
''Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani'', vol 26 (1982).
Biography
She was born in
Turin
Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...
, the daughter of a surgeon, Giovanni Pietro Giuseppe Bussano (Bussana, Buzana) and Maria Cristina Ausineti.
Her husband was Giuseppe Bartolomeo Clementi, about whom little is known. She trained in Turin with court painter
Giovanni Battista Curlando, who advised her to specialize in portraits. In 1733 she resided with her husband in the palace of Count Carlo Giacinto Roero.
Some documents show that at least since 1722, she worked for the court, painting portraits of members of the royal family of Savoy that were to be exchanged with other European courts.
List of works
* ''Portrait of
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus II (; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King o ...
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* ''Portrait of
Anne Marie d'Orléans
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female name Anna (name), Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah (given name), Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie (given name), Annie a ...
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* ''Portrait of the
Princess of Piedmont'' (1722)
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* ''Portrait of
Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy'' (1725)
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* ''Portrait of
Princess Maria Felicita of Savoy'' (1725)
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* ''Portrait of the sons of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III (27 April 1701 – 20 February 1773) was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from his father's abdication on 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the l ...
'' (1730)
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* ''Portrait of
Princess Maria Luisa of Savoy'' (1732)
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* ''Portrait of Vittoria Maria Elisabetta Gazzelli''
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* ''Portrait of
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amedeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard state, Savoyard states from 20 February 1773 to his death in 1796. Although he was politically conservative, he carrie ...
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* ''Portrait of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Charles Emmanuel III (27 April 1701 – 20 February 1773) was Duke of Savoy, King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard states from his father's abdication on 3 September 1730 until his death in 1773. He was the paternal grandfather of the l ...
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* ''Portrait of
Polyxena of Hesse, Queen of Sardinia''
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* ''Portrait of Michele Antonio Saluzzo''
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* ''Portrait of
Peter the Great
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References
1692 births
1761 deaths
Painters from Turin
18th-century Italian painters
18th-century Italian women painters
People from the Savoyard state
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