Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo as Berenice, Rosalba Carriera, circa 1741

Caterina sagredo barbarigo as berenice by rosalba carriera. Berenice (berenice) is the name of berenice ii, the wife of ptolemy iii, the king of egypt in the 3rd century bc. There is a myth that it disappeared from the temple on the wind and was carried into the sky to become a constellation. Caterina was an 18th-century venetian aristocrat. (translation by google tool). Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1741. Dimensions: height: 45.7 cm (17.9 in); width: 34.5 cm (13.5 in). Medium: paper mounted on canvas, pastel on gray laid paper. Collection: Detroit Institute of Arts. Rosalba Carriera - Caterina Sagredo Barbarigo as Berenice