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You've given me another reason to visit Dresden. Carriera, as you say, was a great, great artist of what I call the Versailles Century. She was obviously a clever businesswoman, too.

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Thanks David! Yes, her business acumen was incredible - I picked up some useful books about her in the shop at the Gemäldegalerie. Everthing about her was exceptional when you consider how difficult it was for women artists to progress at the time. Her reception in France was particularly enthusiastic, too.

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