A presentation from ADFAS (Australian Decorative and Fine Arts Society) CAIRNS.

A Venetian Rococo painter who specialised in portrait miniatures for the Grand Tourist, and established a successful career in portraiture, painting for royal, wealthy and important patrons.

Carriera would later become known for her pastel work, a medium appealing to Rococo styles for its soft edges and flattering surfaces.

She is remembered as one of the most successful women artists of any era.

Lucrezia Walker Is a lecturer and gallery guide at the National Gallery in London. She liaises with the Gallery’s corporate sponsors and with the Tate Gallery and the Tate Modern. She teaches US undergraduates on their Study Abroad semesters in London and was Lay Canon for the Visual Arts at St Paul’s Cathedral 2010-2014.