Maddalena Corvina

Maddalena Corvina (1607-1664) was an Italian portrait and still life painter and engraver. Corvina specialized in miniature portrait paintings. Living and working in Rome, the House of Medici were patrons. She apprenticed under her uncle, Francesco da Castello. Anna Angelica Allegrini was a student of Corvina. Works by Corvina are held in the Albani Library. Corvina was the subject of a portrait by Claude Mellan in 1636.