Chastity. A Young Girl with a Dove
Rosalba Carriera (Italian, 1673–1757)
1705-1709
- Medium
- Watercolour and gouache on parchment
- Classification
- Miniature
- Dimensions
- height 8.8 cm, width 7.1 cm
- Culture
- Italian
- Museum
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
About this work
"Although Frederik himself was mostly interested in gardening and architecture and primarily brought back Venetian glass and other objects d'art, he also saw fit to acquire a few paintings on his two journeys. His purchases betray a particular appreciation of feminine beauty and include a group of paintings attributed to Jacopo Bassano, an oval painting by Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole (Fig. 1), a collection of pastels and miniatures brought from Rosalba Carriera (presumably including Fig. 2) (...)" (Jesper Svenningsen. "A noble circle. The vogue for collecting Italian paintings in Denmark 1690-1730": p. 3-4).
