by Penny | 18 May, 2018 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Florentine History, Florentine money, Footnotes from Florence, Fresco painting, Medieval History, Modern Art, News, Painting, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Saints, Sculpture, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists
Chronology of Last Suppers This month I have attended a meeting with my friends from the Advancing Women Artists Foundation and discovered that there are two or three Disciples in The Last Supper by Plautilla Nelli that they were still uncertain as to who was who. I...
by Penny | 10 Apr, 2018 | Books, Florentine History, Florentine money, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Saints, Social History, The Medici
Henrietta Maria and the Medici link to the Mantua Collection This is my personal idea – based on my knowledge of the Medici Family history and their integration across Europe through prestigious marriages. My ideas were Inspired by Charles I: King and Collector...
by Penny | 9 Jan, 2018 | Exhibitions, Florentine History, Fresco painting, Martyrs, Medieval History, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Rome - Eternal City, Saints, Social History, The Medici
Santa Felicita and Mrs Macabee – two tragic mothers – and much confusion! Whilst in Florence, I recommend a visit to the Santa Felicata Church. Often missed on the tourist agenda, partly because it is obscured by stalls and restaurants, this church is...
by Penny | 20 Mar, 2017 | Advancing Women Artists AWA, Exhibitions, Florentine History, Medieval History, News, Painting, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Restoration, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists
Suor Plautilla Nelli (1524–1588) is the first-known female Renaissance painter of Florence, Italy. It is not possible to confirm that the portrait, shown below, is the painter who chose to become a Nun and entered the Convent of St. Catherine of Siena in Florence,...
by Penny | 22 Oct, 2016 | 1966 Flood, Advancing Women Artists AWA, Angels, Exhibitions, News, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Restoration, Saints, Social History, The Last Supper, The Medici, Women artists
One of the things that I love best about Florence is that there is always somewhere interesting to go to see something different, and learn more about it. The Advancing Women Artists Conference on Thursday 20th October, at which we were introduced to the newly...
