Diplomatic and Cultural Relations between the Habsburgs and the Serenissima
Diplomatic and Cultural Relations between the Habsburgs and the Serenissima: The Role of Venetian Painting at the Eighteenth-Century Imperial Court in Vienna (APART-GSK Funding Programme ÖAW – Mentor Univ. Doz. Dr. Werner Telesko)
Dr. Eleonora Gaudieri
Dr. Eleonora Gaudieri has been a post-doctoral research fellow at the Department of Art History at the University of Vienna since October 2023. Her project “Diplomatic and Cultural Relations between the Habsburgs and the Serenissima: The Role of Venetian Painting at the Eighteenth Century Imperial Court in Vienna” is funded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) through its APART-GSK grant programme. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Vienna with a dissertation on a reassessment of Alois Riegl’s concept of “Baroque” in the light of his unpublished manuscripts on European baroque art. Her main research interests are the diplomatic and cultural relations between Vienna and Venice in the Eighteenth Century, with a focus on the Settecento Venetian painting and its transfer to Vienna, as well as the German-language baroque Historiography, with a focus on the work of Alois Riegl.
“Wien als Dürerstadt” - Vienna as a center for collecting and trade with drawings by Dürer
A strong emphasis on collecting any artwork or relic by Dürer was established very early in Vienna. The precious holdings of Viennese museums and collections (e.g., at the Albertina, the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Academy of Fine Arts) are still witness to this phenomenon. Especially, drawings and watercolours were among the goods sought after by local collectors. While Dürer’s prints, paintings and art treatises were distributed in whole Europe, this concentration on drawn works of art on paper is unique for Vienna.
Nicola Maria Rossi as painter and draftsman - A career between Vienna and Naples
In the first half of the 18th century, Francesco Solimena was one of the most sought-after painters in Europe; this is why some of his commissions were taken over by his workshop. Nicola Maria Rossi was considered Solimena's most important student together with Francesco De Mura. Rossi managed to adopt his teacher's style so well that his paintings were often mistaken for Solimena originals. However, in addition to his role as a pupil and copyist, Nicola Maria Rossi should also be understood as an independent artist, who developed his own style during his career.
Erika Meneghini
Erika Meneghini, has been a project assistant at the Institute of Art History in Vienna since July 2020. Her dissertation project focuses on the Late Baroque Neapolitan painter Nicola Maria Rossi. More specifically, Erika concentrates on Rossi's Viennese commissions during the Habsburg viceroyal administration in Naples. She studied cultural heritage as well as art history at the Universities of Trento, Madrid, Vienna and Berlin. In 2019 and 2020 Erika worked as an art educator at the Düsseldorf's Benrath Palace.
Luigi Girolamo Malabaila di Canale, Art Collector and Agent
Art of Politics, Politics of the Arts. Luigi Girolamo Malabaila di Canale, Art Collector and Agent (FWF Hertha-Firnberg-Project T1203)
Dr. Silvia Tammaro
Silvia Tammaro studied architecture and art history in Turin and Vienna, where she obtained her PhD in 2019 with a thesis on the Theatrum Sabaudiae and the artistic and cultural exchange between Turin and Vienna. Her dissertation project was awarded the Uni:docs-Fellowship by the University of Vienna, which fully funded the research work for three years. In 2015 she received an 8-months funding for a research stay at the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome. Her research focuses on Italian art and architecture (17th and 18th centuries), and art and cultural transfer between Italy, especially the Duchy of Savoy, and the Habsburg Monarchy.
Stefan Albl
Stefan Albl studied Art History in Vienna and Rome. He held scholarships from the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome and from the Fondazione di studi di storia dell’arte Roberto Longhi in Florence. He was scientific assistant at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome and at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington D.C. Currently he is post-doc assistant to Prof. Sebastian Schütze at the Department of Art History in Vienna. His main areas of interest are painting, drawing, art theory and the history of collecting in the 17th century.
Camilla Brantl
Camilla Brantl MA is Project assistant at the Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies (IHB) of the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW).
Within the scope of her PhD thesis, she investigates the sculptural Collection at the Grand Garden of Dresden purchased under August the Strong (1670 – 1733). She was curatorial assistance at the Dom Museum Vienna between 2018 – 2020.
Stephanie Andrea Sailer
Stephanie Andrea Sailer, research fellow at the Department of Art History, University of Vienna, studied art history as well as business, economics and social sciences in Vienna, Madrid and Siena. Her research interests focus on graphic arts and the history of collecting. In the course of the VCHC-project she examines Viennese drawings collections and pursues research on Vienna as a center for collecting and trade in Dürer’s drawings in the 19th century, which will culminate in her dissertation project.