• Was an Italian painter, singer and poet.
• Arcangela Paladini was the daughter of Florentine painter Filippo Paladini, and a pupil of Alessandro Allori.
• Paladini was already an accomplished artist by the time she turned 15.
• After moving from Pisa to Florence in 1615, she began working under acclaimed Mannerist painter
Jacopo Ligozzi.
• In addition to being a skilled painter, she also created embroidered works, such as portraits and images of flowers, foliage, and various types of wildlife.
• In 1621, she was commissioned to create her self portrait that was to eventually be displayed in the Vasari Corridor.
• At age 17, Paladini married Antwerp-born tapestry-maker Jan Broomans.
• The Grand Duchess Maria Maddalena de' Medici invited Paladini to serve her at court.
• Paladini died at the age of 23 in Florence in 1622 and was buried in the church of Santa Felicità.
• The epitaph compares Paladini to the goddess Athena and the painter Apelles.
