ANN: The Medici and the Princely Courts of Central and Eastern Europe: Art, Diplomacy and Material Culture (Workshop, Florence, 7 Feb 2025)

Please join us in Florence for a workshop dedicated to communications between the Medici and courts in Central and Eastern Europe. 

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP
7 FEBRUARY 2025 – PALAZZO ALBERTI, FLORENCE—
Opening Remarks: 9:00
Alessio Assonitis (The Medici Archive Project)
Andrea Gáldy (Collecting Central Europe)
Session One: 9:30 – 11:00 Courts and Patronage
Wolfram Koeppe (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Medici Taste at the Center of Seventeenth-Century German Court Collecting
Adriana Concin (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Emperor Rudolf II and the Medici:
Artistic Diplomacy and Power Dynamics between the Medici and Habsburg Courts
Barbara Kristina Murovec (Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut)
The Medici and Styrian Translations of Collections and Patronage Strategies

Discussion: 11:00-11:15
Coffee Break: 11:15 – 11:30
Session Two: 11:30 – 12:30 Animate Collections in early modern Diplomacy
Sylva Dobalová (Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
Dead or Alive: The Role of Animals as Collectibles in Florence–Prague Relations
Angelica Groom (Independent Scholar)
Animal Diplomats: Exchanging Exotic Beasts between
the Medici and Princely Rulers of Central Europe
Discussion: 12:30-12:45
Lunch Break: 12:45 – 14:15
Session Three: 14:20 – 15:20 Rare and Luxury Objects
Klaudia Kuchno (European University Institute)
Dwarfs and Medicinal Oils: Courtly Exchanges between Anna Jagiellon and Bianca Cappello
Massimo Bomboni (Università di Torino – The Medici Archive Project)
Zibellini and Pietre Dure. Diplomacy and Material Exchanges between the Courts of
Tuscany and Russia in the Early 17th Century
Discussion: 15:20 – 15:35
Coffee Break: 15:35 – 15:45
Session Four: 15:50 – 16:50 Origins and Models of Exchange
Dániel Pócs (Eötvös Loránd University): 

Andrea del Verrocchio and Gregorio di Lorenzo: Capitani affrontati Reliefs for King Matthias Corvinus
Markéta Ježková (Institute of Art History, Czech Academy of Sciences)
The Emperor and his Concubines: Models and Precedents
Discussion & Round Table 16:50 – 17:30

For additional information visit: www.medici.org/call-for-papers-workshop-deadline-15-october-2024-the-medici-and-the-princely-courts-of-central-and-eastern-europe-art-diplomacy-and-material-culture/