A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Maratti, Zappi Faustina

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4120770A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography — Maratti, Zappi Faustina

MARATTI, ZAPPI FAUSTINA,

Of Rome. Her poems appear to have contributed to the improvement of style which took place in the Italian poetry when she wrote. They are filled with the tender affection of a devoted wife and mother. She was the daughter of the famous painter Maratti. She died in 1740.