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We don’t actually know many Renaissance women artists…but there are several brave artists who want to showcase their talents in a tough world where women don’t have many career or artistic opportunities. One of these people was the nun Plautilla Nelli, a self-taught nun artist and the first famous female painter in Renaissance Florence. She was a nun of the Dominican convent of San Catalina in Siena in Piazza San Marco in Florence, deeply influenced by the teachings of Savonarola and the artwork of Fra Bartolomeo influences.
Favored by many patrons (including women), Nellie created the large-scale works and miniatures as we know them, as the 16th-century art historian and artist gossip expert Giorgio Vasari wrote in his famous “Best Painters”. , Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects” ( Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects ). Her work features religious themes, and the emotions on the faces of the characters are vividly depicted. Nellie lacked any formal training; she copied the Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino and the High Renaissance painter Andrea del Sarto, but Her main inspiration was copying Fra Bartolomeo’s work.
Today we show one of her paintings, perhaps a study of an ordinary painting. Pretty, isn’t it?
PS If you are fascinated by Sister Protila Nellie , we will provide some important facts about her. She is featured in our postcard set of 50 Women Artists, along with 49 other amazing artists. You can check it out at the DailyArt store . 
31.9 x 23,1 cm
Renaissance
Galleria degli Uffizi
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