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ART TALKS | REBECCA ALBIANI RETURNS AS THE FIRST LADY OF THE WORLD: ISABELLA D’ESTE, ART COLLECTOR

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The year is 1536, and you are in the exalted presence of Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, a prominent patron of Italian Renaissance artists. Isabella will recollect her interactions with talents such as Mantegna, Leonardo, and Correggio. Ariosto called her “liberal and magnanimous,” but you may decide whether her insistence on controlling subject matter and iconography made her a challenge to work with. 

Presented by art historian Rebecca Albiani.

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EVENT IS POSTPONED/

CANCELLED

MAY 27 | 7:30 PM

$45 | WICA Star Ticket
$30 | Standard

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ABOUT REBECCA ALBIANI

Rebecca Albiani has been an arts lecturer at the Frye Art Museum and in the Puget Sound area for the last two decades. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Venice and graduated with honors in Art History from Stanford University and University of California, Berkeley.

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