May 4, 2017
Rescued from Anonymity: The First Renaissance Woman on Display at the Uffizi Galleries
Rescued from Anonymity: The First Renaissance Woman on Display at the Uffizi Galleries
At the dawn of 2017, the prominent Uffizi Galleries in Florence have begun a long-term path for promoting female artists. One of the inaugural exhibitions is dedicated to Sister Plautilla Nelli, considered the first female Florentine painter. The self-taught nun-artist, who lived from 1524 to 1588, lived in the Dominican convent of St. Catherine of Siena located in Piazza San Marco, and was…
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