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Barker's article posits evidence based hypotheses about the art of Garzoni's career, and provides a primary source telling of Garzoni's youth. Garzoni was an acting artist even at adolescence, thought to have had her first patron, Grand Duchess Maria…

Sheila Barker’s essay, “The Universe of Giovanna Garzoni. Art, Mobility, and the Global Turn in the Geographical Imaginary” provides an examination of the influences that shaped Giovanna Garzoni’s life, career, and art. Barker argues that Garzoni’s…

"Still Life with Fruit on a Stone Ledge," oil on a 105 x 84cm canvas dated to around 1603, depicts various fruits including grapes, pomegranates, watermelon, and more sitting atop a stone ledge [1]. The painting is thought to have been created in…

Garrard D., Mary. “The Not-So-Still Lifes of Giovanna Garzoni.” Essay. In "The Immensity of the Universe" in the Art of Giovanna Garzoni, 62-77. Sillabe, 2020. 

Mary D. Garrard's essay within Sheila Barker's catalogue discusses the work of…

This is an example of what the map for the publicly-facing Giovanni Garzoni proposal would look like. The interactive map could be displayed on a large scale in a museum. We propose an online or in-person interactive map exhibit displaying the…

"Plate of Figs" is painted with bodycolor (gouache) on vellum on a 25 x 32.5 cm board. The miniature was created as a part of Garzoni's series "Twenty Small Paintings on Vellum" for Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany. Each painting in the series…

Giovanna Garzoni painted this magnificent still-life in 1650, towards the middle/beginning of the latter-half of her career. This painting was originally thought to be created by Jacobo Ligozzi, but is now accurately credited to Garzoni [1]. Art…

This is a collection of drawings of various plants all done by Garzoni (1650). Known for her still-life pieces, Garzoni hones in on the individual plant, examining shape and form of real plant anatomy. This book contains 50 different plants that…

Giovanna Garzoni's Self-portrait as Apollo. Signed on the instrument: “Giovanna Garzoni F”

Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup was painted by Giovanna Garzoni in 1648. The work is a tempera painting on vellum that measures 27.5 x 39.5 centimeters [1]. Between the years 1642 to 1651, Garzoni worked as a court artist for the Medici Grand…