WOMEN ARTISTS IN EARLY MODERN ITALY/ CAREERS, FAME, AND COLLECTORS (MEDICI ARCHI

In ten chapters spanning two centuries, this collection of essays examines the relationships between women artists and their publics , both in early modern Italy as well as across Europe. Drawing upon archival evidence, these essays afford abundant documentary evid ence about the diverse strategies that women utilized in order to carry out artistic careers, from Sofonisba Anguissola's role as a lady-in-waiting at the court of Philip II of Spain, to Lucrezia Quistelli's avoidance of the Florentine market in favor of upholding the pres...[Read more]