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Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe, c. 1450.1700 presents the first collection of essays dedicated to women as producers of visual and material culture in the Early Modern European courts, offering fresh insights into the careers of, among others, Caterina van Hemessen, Sofonisba Anguissola, Luisa Roldán, and Diana Mantuana.
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List of Figures, Acknowledgements, 1. Introduction: Women Artists in the Early Modern Courts of Europe, c. 1450-1700 (Tanja L. Jones), 2. Female Court Artists: Women's Career Strategies in the Courts of theEarly Modern Period (Christina Strunck), 3. Caterina van Hemessen in the Habsburg Court of Mary of Hungary (Jennifer Courts), 4. Sofonisba Anguissola, a Painter and a Lady-in-Waiting (Cecilia Gamberini), 5. Creative Reproductions: Diana Mantuana and Printmaking at Court (Maria F. Maurer), 6. 'Una persona dependente alla Serenissima Gran Duchessa' : Female Embroiderers and Lacemakers between the courts of Florence and France (Adelina Modesti), 7. Life at Court: Luisa Roldan in Madrid 1689-1706 (Catherine Hall-van den Elsen), Bibliography, Index.
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Tanja L. Jones is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Alabama. Her research focuses on identity, gender, and mobility in Early Modern Italian courts. She has published extensively on Renaissance medals, is completing a monograph dedicated to Pisanello, and co-directs the Global Makers Project (www.globalmakers.ua.edu).
