The book is dedicated to the work of the 18th century Venetian artist Rosalba Carriera and is the first Russian-language monograph about the famous pastelist. The artist’s life path is completely reconstructed, including training, travel, and acquaintances. Much attention is paid to the study of the European cultural environment, in which Rosalba Carriera managed to take an honorable place as a prestigious portrait painter and member of several Academies. Dozens of works created by the artist over the course of her long creative life are analyzed in detail. The author of the monograph is Elena Evgenievna Agratina, a candidate of art history, a graduate of the art history department of the history department of Moscow State University and the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.