A Biographical Dictionary of the Celebrated Women of Every Age and Country/Plautilla, (Badissa), and Plautilla (of Rome)

by Mary Matilda Betham

PLAUTILLA (BADISSA), a Nun in the Convent of St. Catherine, of Sienna, in Florence,

Began by little and little to design, and to imitate the designs of the best masters, so that, to the wonder of every body, she became a miniature painter: in which having shown great genius, she passed on to painting, on a larger scale, historical subjects from sacred history, and considerable works, many of which ornament the churches and houses of Florence.

There was another PLAUTILLA, of Rome, of the house of Bricci, a female architect.

Abec. Pitt.