A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Cantoni, (Catherine)
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CANTONI, (CATHERINE) a noble Milanese; but more distinguished for her Talents in Design, and Embroidery, or Painting on Cloth.
She painted for the Infanta of Austria; their serene highnesses of Brunswick and Tuscany; Philip II. king of Spain, and other princes. She brought her art even to taking portraits from the life, flourished about 1590.
Absc. Pitt.