TABLE OF CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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DISCOVERING
SELF-REPRESENTATION
Chapter 7
Finding oneself
PREFACE
THE QUEST BEGINS
Chapter 1
The archives: a work in progress
[The quest for 'invisible women'] 13
Chapter 2
Housing thè city's cultural heritage
[The Fiorentine collections: sources,
venues and Storage] 21
by Serena Padovani
SUPPORTINO
HOMEGROWN TALENT
Pray for thè paintress
[Suor Plautina Neìli] 33
[Giulia Lama, Arcangeìa Paladini and thè
Vasari Corridor] 63
Chapter 8
Her father's daughter
[Manetta Robusti] 69
Chapter 9
Exile and courtly excellence
[ÉlisabethLouiseVigée-Le Brun] 73
Chapter 10
A name for each country
[Angelica Maria Anna
Katarine Kauffman] 77
Chapter 11
Notoriety and naturalìsm
[Rosa Bonheur] 83
FINDING FLOWERS
IN FLORENCE
Chapter 4
Chapter 12
The voice of thè restorer
[Safeguarding Lamentation with saints] 41
by Rossetta Lari
Breakfasts and banquets
[Clara Peeters] 89
Chapter 5
Creative ties, artistic succession
[Giovanna Fratellini, Violante Siries
Cerroti, Anna Piattoli] 47
Chapter 6
A Florence-born legacy
[Scouting out locai talents] 55
Chapter 13
Nature's rivals
and Rachel Ruysch] 93
Chapter 14
A Medici bouquet
[Giovanna Garzoni
and Margherita Caffi] 101
LOCATING ARTISTS
INTHEIR OWN ELEMENT
Chapter 15
Studied skills, innate talents
[Women artìsts at work in thè Uffizi] 111
by Sheìla Barker
Chapter 16
Drawing conclusions
[Eìisabetta Sirani and thè Gabinetto
121
Where poet tneets painting
[Louisa Grace Bartolini
and thè Marucelliana Library] 129
RESTORING HIDDEN
MASTERPIECES
Chapter 18
Naturai flair, nurtured ability
[Elisabeth Chaplin in thè Pitti Palace,
GalleryofModernArt] 133
Chapter 24
Advancing Artemisia
[Restoring David and Bathsheba] 171
Chapter 19
On thè Street named for May
[Adriana Pincherle and Leonetta
Cecchi in thè Gabinetto Vieusseux] 137
Chapter 25
San Salvi's success story
[Finding solutions: recovery and
exhibition] 177
by Rossetta Lari
SOJOURNING
WITH THE MASTERS
EXTENDING
ANINVITATION
Deeper study, greater grace
[Sofonisba Anguissola] 145
Chapter 26
A space of their own
[Joining thè search
for'invisibìe women'] 187
Chapter 21
The forerunner
[Lavinia Fontana] 151
Chapter 22
Genius, pain and power
[Artemisia Gentileschi] 157
Interpreting elegance
[Rosalba Carriera] 163
THE WOMEN ARTISTS ' TRAIL
(Map + Inventory of works by women
artists in Florence)
GLOSSARY
REFERENCES
PHOTO CREDITS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS