The Arizona sentinel., 1885-04-04
EIiSabetta Sirani.

Among the followers of Guido Reni, this young woman, who died when but twenty-five years old, is conspicuous for her talents and interesting on ac- count of the story of her life. She was the daughter of reputable artist, and was born at Bologna about 1649. She was certainly very industrious, since One of her biographers names one hun dred and fifty pictures and etchings made by her, and all these must have been done within q period of about ten years.
 Much has been said of the ease and rapidity with which she worked; one anecdote relates that on an occasion when it happened that the Duchess ot Brunswick, the Duchess of Mirandola: and Duke Cosimo de Medici, with oth er persons, all met at her studio, she ilstonished and delighted them by the hase and skill with which she sketched :tnd shaded drawings of the subjects which one after another named to her.
 The story of her life, aside from her art. gives an undying interest to her name, and insures her remembrance for all time. In person she was beautiful. hud the sweetness of her character and manner won for her the love of all those who were associated with her. She was also a charming singer, and was ever ready to give pleasure to her friends. Her admiring hiographers also. com mend her taste in dress, which was very Simple; and they even go SO far as to praise her for her moderation in eating ksI IL ,11 tId matters, and would rise at daybreak to perform her lowIy household duties, never allowing her art to displace the homely occupations which properly, as she thought, made part of her life.
 Elisabetta Sirani's name has come down through two hundred and seven teen years as one whose devoted flial affection, feminine grace, and artless benignitv of manner added luster to her great talents, and completed per sonality which her friends regarded as an ideal of perfection"
 The sudden death of this artist has added tragic element to her story. The cause of it has never been known, but the theory that she died from poi son, has been very generally accepted. Several reasons for this crime have been given: one Is, that she was sacri- ticed to the jealousy of other artists, as Domenichino had been; another belief was that princely lover, whom she had treated with scOrn, had taken her life because she had dared to place her self, in her lowly station, above hisrank and power.
 A servant girl named Lucia Tolomel Ii, who had been long in the service oi the Sirani family, was suspected and tried for this crime. She was sentenced to banishment; but, after time, Elisa betta's father requested that Luclf should be allowed to return, as he haC no reason for believing her guilty. Ant so the mystery of the cause of her deati has never been solved; but its effect up on the whole city of Bologna, where l occurred, is an exact matter of history
 The entire people felt a personal los in her death. and the day of her buria was one of general mourning. The cer emonies of her funeral were attended with great pomp, and she was buried beside her master, Guido Renl, Tn tn chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, Il tie magnificent Church of the DOmlnl cans. Poets and orators vied with on another in sounding her praises, and book published soon after her death called "IlPennello Lagrimato," is Q col lection of orations, sonnets, odes, ana grams, and epitaphs in both Latin ant Italian, all telling of the love for he which filled the city, and describing tn charms and virtues of this gifted artist Her portrait is in the Ercolani Caller at Bologna" Stories of Art and Arl iSt@," Gy M''S. Clement, ils Sr NIcHo LAS.
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