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Elisabetta Sirani, Italian painter (died 1665)

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Elisabetta Sirani

Italian artist (1638–1665)

Elisabetta Sirani was an Italian Baroque painter and printmaker who died in unexplained circumstances at the age of 27. She was one of the first women artists in early modern Bologna, who became a successful painter, producing public altarpieces as well as privately commissioned…
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January 8

Day of the year

January 8 is the eighth day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 357 days remain until the end of the year.
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