A Closer Look: Episode 10 - Rosalba Carriera’s Self Portrait as Winter

Rosalba Carriera’s works in pastel are exceptional. Her style and novel techniques influenced artists such as Watteau and helped popularise the oil pastel as a medium. But a similarly remarkable aspect of her oeuvre is the number of self-portraits she created across her long working life, allowing us a rare window on the life and identity of a female artist in the 18th century.

In this episode of A Closer Look, Dr Kathleen Olive discusses Rosalba Carriera’s masterpiece - Self portrait as winter.

Kathleen Olive

Kathleen is one of Australia’s best-known cultural tour leaders, with over fifteen years’ experience leading tours to Western Europe, North America, Australasia and Japan. 
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NICK GORDON

Nick Gordon is a cultural historian with a University Medal and PhD from the University of Sydney, and significant expertise designing modern and contemporary art-focused tours to Western Europe, Asia and Australasia. He is also a practising artist.