LUISA VERTOVA. The international culture of an out-of-the-ordinary art historian

Second meeting of the cycle of appointments STORE THE MEMORY. The JRC archives

LUISA VERTOVA (1920-2021). The international culture of an out-of-the-ordinary art historian

She was an art historian specialising in Italian Renaissance painting and Caravaggio scholar. Dopo gli studi specialistici in Italia e Germania, all’indomani della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, divenne assistente di Bernard Berenson con il quale collaborò a numerose pubblicazioni e all’ordinamento della fototeca de I Tatti. After Berenson’s death in 1959, he worked for over 20 years at Christie’s auction house in London, Milan, Florence and Rome as a specialist in the Old Master Paintings and Drawings section. Its rich photo library is now preserved at the Fondazione Zeri in Bologna. The archival material relating to his work with Berenson was awarded to I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence and the entire library to the JRC ‘La Venaria Reale’.

MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FREE ENTRY

Friday 15 September, 2023
11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Aula Magna of the JRC

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INTRODUCTION

h. 11,00-11,30
Sara Abram, Secretary-General of the JRC ‘La Venaria Reale’

INTERVENTI

h. 11,30-12,00
Luisa Vertova: profile of a woman out of the ordinary
Maria Ludovica Vertova, Art historian, Turin

h. 12,00-12,30
Luisa Vertova, Consultant for Christie’s and her English links
Francis Russell, Deputy Chairman of Christie’s, London

h. 12,30-13,00
Luisa Vertova in the memories of a friend and assistant
Anchise Tempestini, Art historian, Florence

Pause

h. 15,00-15,30
The profession of connoisseur
Marcello Calogero, Researcher, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna

h. 15,30-17,00
Luisa Vertova’s legacy: London, Bologna, Florence, Turin
Vanessa Nicolson, Art historian and writer, London
Marcello Calogero, Art historian, Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna
Ilaria Della Monica, Head archivist, I Tatti – The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Florence
Stefania De Blasi, RResponsible for JRC documentation and communication ‘La Venaria Reale’
Antonella Mastropietro, JRC librarian ‘La Venaria Reale’

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