A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Zappi, Faustina

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4121279A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Zappi, Faustina

ZAPPI, FAUSTINA,

Was daughter of the painter Carlo Mazatti, and wife of Giambattista Zappi, who was born in 1668, and died in 1719. Faustina was beautiful, and a poetess. Some of her sonnets are very fine. She resided principally at Rome.