Plautilla Nelli – Pray for the Paintress

Plautilla Nelli – Pray for the Paintress

by | 24 Oct, 2019 | 1966 Flood, Activities, Advancing Women Artists AWA, Exhibitions, Florentine History, Plautilla Nelli, Religious History, Religious Symbolism, Renaissance Art, Saints, Social History, The Last Supper, Women artists

  Ladies, Imagine for a moment that you are a true child of the Renaissance, living in Florence in the Cinquecento! You live with your wealthy family in quite a large palazzo, most probably beautifully decorated inside, with wall hangings and upholstery made of...
Updated Chronology of Last Suppers

Updated Chronology of Last Suppers

by | 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...
Plautilla Nelli – the Nun who started a Women’s Art Movement in Florence in the 1500’s – now stronger than ever.

Plautilla Nelli – the Nun who started a Women’s Art Movement in Florence in the 1500’s – now stronger than ever.

by | 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,...
An evening with Violante

An evening with Violante

by | 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...