A brand new look at the extraordinary accomplishments of early modern Italian women artists This generously illustrated volume surveys a sweeping range of early

In ten chapters spanning two centuries, this collection of essays examines the relationships between women artists and their publics, both in early modern Italy

Surveying the women painters, engravers and sculptors working in 16th and 17th century Italy, this text examines their artistic practices and achievements.

"Within a span of seven or eight years in the 1550s, the Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola produced more self-portraits than any known painter before her had

Examines sixty-eight women artists in early modern Bologna, revealing how they obtained public commissions and expanded beyond the portrait subjects to which wo