Isabella d’Este and Art Patronage in Renaissance Mantua
Sun, Nov 09
|Virtual Encounter
(London 6pm, New York 2pm, Chicago 1pm, Los Angeles 11am) with guest speaker Molly Bourne ***Please note early start time in Europedue to Daylight Savings Time. U.S. times are unchanged from usual.***
Time & Location
Nov 09, 2025, 8:00 PM GMT+1
Virtual Encounter
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About the Event
“La prima donna del mondo”: Isabella d’Este and Art Patronage in Renaissance Mantua
Isabella d’Este played a key role in ruling the north Italian state of Mantua from 1490 until her
death in 1539. She was also a refined patron of the visual arts. Scholars have long consulted the
thousands of extant letters that comprise Isabella’s prolific correspondence to reconstruct her
collecting of paintings, sculptures, and antiquities. Many of these artworks survive today, as do the
spectacular personal apartments where she originally displayed them. This lecture will provide an