Maria Luisa Caterina Cecilia Cosway was an Italian-English painter, musician, and educator. She worked in England, France, and later Italy, cultivating a large circle of friends and clients, mainly as an initiate of Swedish and French Illuminism and an enthusiastic revivalist of the Masonic Knights Templar.
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Maria Cosway by her husband, Richard Cosway
Richard Cosway's self-portrait in miniature, c. 1770
Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia, 1782
Engraving by Francesco Bartolozzi of Maria Cosway's painting The Hours, described by Jacques-Louis David as "ingenious"
Thomas Jefferson in 1788 by John Trumbull. An intimate friend, Jefferson corresponded with Maria for the rest of their lives after his time in Paris.In their orbit 3
Artists born in the 1760s 6
About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1760 to 1838 · aged 77
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