Carolina Carlesimo

Juana Romani fascinates me because she crossed a line most people of her era never could: she went from being the painted to being the painter. Born Carolina Carlesimo in rural Italy, she remade herself in Paris, first as an artists' model and then as a portraitist in her own right. That reversal of the gaze, from object to author, is exactly the kind of quiet defiance I admire. Her Salomé hints at an artist drawn to women who hold both allure and danger. A century after her death, I am glad to dust off a name that the canon too easily lets slip.

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Name (English)

Carolina Carlesimo

Name (Japanese)

フアナ・ロマーニ

Reading

ふあな・ろまーに

Born

April 30, 1867 – June 13, 1923

Origin

Casalvieri, Province of Frosinone, Italy

Occupation

painter / model

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Rabbit

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juana%20Romani
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3187858

Tags

• Province of Frosinone
• painter
• model

Last updated

September 18, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.