Caterina Ginnasi (1590 – 30 November 1660) was an Italian noblewoman and painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Rome.
Ginnasi was orphaned under a young age, and placed in the care of her uncle, Cardinal Domenico Ginnasi, who was the dean of the Holy College in Rome. He had arranged for her to marry a cousin, but she refused to consent and chose instead to remain single and dedicate herself to a spiritual and devotional life.[1] Although she never became a nun she lived like one and was close friends with other Roman noblewomen nuns.[1] When her talent was recognised, she started training under the painter Gaspare Celio, and then under Giovanni Lanfranco until 1634.[2] Lanfranco had painted a Pentecost scene in oil on the ceiling of the gallery for Cardinal Ginnasi in the Palazzo Ginnasi between 1629 and 1632.[1][3]
^ abcTrinchieri, Camiz (1997). ""Virgo-non Sterilis..." Nuns as Artists in Seventeenth-Century Rome". In Johnson, Geraldine A.; Matthews Grieco, Sara F. (eds.). Picturing Women in Renaissance and Baroque Italy. Cambridge University Press. pp. 159–163.
^Passeri. Vite de'pittori, scultori ed architetti che anno lavorato in Roma. p. 306.
^Grandi, Paolo. "Caterina Ginnasi (1590 – 1660) Pittrice, Due dipinti ritrovati". La Storia di Castel Bolognese. Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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