Cosway, Maria

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• Cosway, Maria — Cosway, Maria, die Tochter eines Engländers, Namens Hadfield, der zu Livorno ein reich besuchtes Gasthaus besaß, war daselbst 1779 geboren und zeichnete sich schon in ihrer Jugend durch Schönheit, Geist und eine Vereinigung seltener Talente aus.… …   Damen Conversations Lexikon

• Maria Cosway — Self portrait of Maria Cosway, 1787. Birth name Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Hadfield Born 11 June 1760( …   Wikipedia

• Maria Cosway —     Maria Cosway     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Maria Cosway     Miniature painter, born in Florence, Italy, 1759; died at Lodi, 5 January, 1838. Her maiden name was Hadfield, her father being an Englishman. She showed great talent in drawing at… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cosway — Richard Cosway Richard COSWAY [[Image: |200px|center|Autoportrait (1804) Provenance [1] Expositions [2]]] …   Wikipédia en Français

• Cosway, Richard — ▪ English miniaturist born November 1742, Tiverton, Devonshire, Eng. died July 4, 1821, Edgware, Middlesex [now Greater London]       English miniaturist.       Cosway, who showed a talent for painting at an early age, was sent to London by his… …   Universalium

• Maria (given name) — This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Maria (disambiguation). Maria Gender Female Origin Word/Name Hebrew via Latin and Greek Meaning wished for child , bitter , rebellious …   Wikipedia

• Richard Cosway — (5 November 1742 ndash; 4 July 1821) was a leading English portrait painter mdash;more accurately a miniaturist mdash;of the Regency era.Early yearsBorn in Tiverton, Devon, the son of a schoolmaster, he was allowed to travel to London aged just… …   Wikipedia

• Richard Cosway — Autoportrait (1804) Provenance [1] Expositions …   Wikipédia en Français

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• Luigi Schiavonetti — (1 April 1765 ndash; 7 June 1810), Italian reproductive engraver and etcher, was born at Bassano in Venetia.After having studied art for several years he was employed by Testolini, an engraver of very indifferent abilities, to execute imitations… …   Wikipedia