Adelina Modesti - MAP FORUM

Описание: MAP FORUM - 10 May 2022

The Strategies of Female Patronage: Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

Vittoria della Rovere (1622-1694), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, was an active patron of the arts and spiritual philanthropist. Her discriminating and avant-garde tastes guided her patronage and collecting of the works of the major artists of the day. She also engaged in building projects. This talk, based on Dr. Modesti's recent monograph, Women’s Patronage and Gendered Cultural Networks in Early Modern Europe. Vittoria della Rovere, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (Routledge, 2020), will explore the strategies of female patronage adopted by Vittoria, with particular focus on her support of women, as this was a strong aspect of her cultural and philanthropic activities.

Adelina Modesti is an art historian and Senior Fellow in the School of Culture and Communication at Melbourne University, and researcher with the ACIS-IDEA digital humanities project "Textiles, Trade and Meaning in the Courts of Early Modern Italy during the time of Isabella d’Este." Her research focuses on early modern women’s cultural production, female patronage, and transnational cultural exchange. She has published monographs on Elisabetta Sirani and Vittoria della Rovere, and essays on Artemisia Gentileschi, Margherita de’ Medici, and the textile production of Florentine nuns and court ladies. Currently Adelina is preparing a volume on Elisabetta Sirani for the Lund Humphries series "Illuminating Women Artists.