Rosalba Carriera was an Italian Rococo painter. In her younger years, she specialized in portrait miniatures. Carriera would later become known for her pastel portraits, helping popularize the medium in eighteenth-century Europe. She is remembered as one of the most successful women artists of any era. January 12, 1673 – April 15, 1757; died at 84. Alive at the same time as Isaac Newton, George Washington, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, and Immanuel Kant. Wiki link