Portrait of Caterina Corbellini (?)

Carlo Innocenzo Carloni

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AUTHOR Carlo Innocenzo Carloni
DATE c. 1730
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Oil on canvas
Work Not On Display
ON LOAN 20th October 2023 > 3rd March 2023 Exhibition: La passione della pittura. Geo Poletti (1926-2012) pittore e collezionista, Como, Pinacoteca Civica

This portrait, which was recently donated to the Pinacoteca, probably depicts Carloni’s wife Caterina, daughter of the plasterer Giacomo Antonio Corbellini who was also from the Val d’Intelvi and who worked with Carloni in Monza cathedral and in the chapel in the royal palace of Ludwisburg in Württemberg, Germany. His rare yet important portraits include a Self-portrait with his Family still owned by his descendants.