Violante Beatrice Siries

Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783) was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence and studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher in Paris from 1726. Returning later to Florence she married Giuseppe Cerroti and continued her artistic studies under Conti. Siries was talented in several genres, but established herself as a famous portraitist. She succeeded in gaining the patronage of the Medici family and their financial partners the Gondi family in Florence after the death of Giovanna Fratellini (1731) and travelled to Rome and Vienna to execute commissions.

Violante Beatrice Siries

Violante Beatrice Siries (1709–1783) was an Italian painter. She was born in Florence and studied under Hyacinthe Rigaud and François Boucher in Paris from 1726. Returning later to Florence she married Giuseppe Cerroti and continued her artistic studies under Conti. Siries was talented in several genres, but established herself as a famous portraitist. She succeeded in gaining the patronage of the Medici family and their financial partners the Gondi family in Florence after the death of Giovanna Fratellini (1731) and travelled to Rome and Vienna to execute commissions.