Rosalba Carriera, born January 12, 1673 died April 15, 1757, was an Italian Rococo painter, a style of painting during the Rococo period in Italy (light and feminine). Carriera’s style was was miniature portraits, usually made with watercolor, enamel, and/or gouache and these were popular before photography and daguerreotypes were created. Carriera became popular with this style, then started using pastels in her work that resemble the Rococo style, which this made her one of the most successful woman artist of her era, or any era. She also learned how to create lace from her mother, who was a lace maker, which she traded to tourist, which helped her become the creative artist she was. She spent a year in Paris working on her art, looking