Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli

Johanna Juliana Friederike Bacciarelli, née Richter (21 May 1733 – 1809 or later), was a German miniaturist, pastelist and court painter to the Polish kings.

[1][3] She spent the years 1756–1764 in Warsaw,[1][3] and on 8 December 1759, she received the title of court painter of Augustus III of Poland.

[1] She spent the years 1764–1766 in Vienna,[1] where she created miniature copies of paintings for Elżbieta Grabowska,[3] then she returned with her husband to Warsaw.

[2] She mainly portrayed nobility and kings, including Stanisław August Poniatowski,[1] painting portrait miniatures on ivory, which was unusual in Poland at the time.

[4] She taught many artists who went on to create the Warsaw school of miniature: Wincenty de Lesseur, Józef Kosiński, Franciszek Olexiński and Stanisław Marszałkiewicz.

Stanisław August Poniatowski , circle of Bacciarelli
Memorial to Marcello and Johanna Bacciarelli at St. John's Archcathedral, Warsaw