[5] As early as 1823, she was mentioned in the records of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts for her reproductions of works by Hayez, Correggio, Raphael (of which she redid the Madonna of Loreto with praise[3]), Luini, Guercino, Albani, and Sassoferrato, both in oil, watercolor, and pencil.

[13] In addition to being a painter, she was also an esteemed lithographer and portraitist, especially of notable personalities in Milan and beyond, including Silvio Pellico, Carlotta Marchionni, Pompeo Marchesi, Giovanni Migliara, Teresa Benincampi, and others.

[1] She painted Genoese women offer their jewelry for the crusade against the Moors (Turin, Palazzo Reale) and Innocent IV flees from Frederick II and is received in Genoa by the Podestà (Agliè, Castello Ducale).

[4][10] Introduced by Francesco Podesti, on 21 April 1844 she was elected Virtuosa di Merito in the Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon, albeit with the incorrect name of Carolina, which she unsuccessfully requested to correct.

[1] Guiscardi died in Florence on 9 February 1893, as announced by the Rassegna nazionale three days later, publishing a biography of the painter in two pages, with the addition of some verses dedicated to her by the writer Giulio Carcano.