Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index.
Contents
Art and society in sixteenth-century Bologna -- The making of a woman artist -- Pictures for scholars, prelates, poets and Bankers -- 'Gentildame et honeste matrone' : representing the Bolognese noblewoman -- Laudomia Gozzadini and her family portrait -- 'La vita vedovile' : the art of widowhood -- Painting for the children of Bologna.
