Angelica Veronica Airola

Angelica or Angiola Veronica Airola (ca. 1590 – 1670) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in 17th century Genoa. She was notable by being a woman painter. She was a pupil of the painter Domenico Fiasella. She became a nun of the order of San Bartolommeo dell' Oliveta at Genoa. She painted several works, mainly religious, while in the convent.

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• Ticozzi, Stefano (1830). Dizionario degli architetti, scultori, pittori, intagliatori in rame ed in pietra, coniatori di medaglie, musaicisti, niellatori, intarsiatori d’ogni etá e d’ogni nazione; (First Volume). Gaetano Schiepatti; Digitized by Googlebooks. pp. page 30. http://books.google.com/books?id=0ownAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA5&dq=Stefano+Ticozzi+Dizionario.