ARTES-CEEH Scholarship for Spanish PhDs, Report: Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón, University of Murcia (FULL REPORT)
Portraiture, Gender, and the Construction of the Image of Power in the Formation of the Royal Collection and the Prado Museum
This project studies the formation of the Spanish and British royal collections with a special emphasis on portraiture and gender. Starting with Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand or Aragon and Henry VII and Elizabeth of York, the portrait exchanges between the Tudor dynasty and the Spanish Monarchy were the foundation of the extensive collections amassed by the royal houses of Great Britain and Spain. Women played an important role in this development but have been often overlooked. This study will vindicate their trailblazing role as patrons of the arts in the construction of the image of royal power.
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