Art historian Monika Schmitter brings us into the rich world of 16th-century Venice through the life of Andrea Odoni. The subject of a sumptuous portrait by Lorenzo Lotto, Odoni amassed ancient sculptures, Renaissance paintings, and manuscripts. Professor Schmitter will discuss what Odoni’s collection tells us about the man and his passion, the palazzo in which he kept the collection, and the city that made such collecting possible.

Presented by Professor Monika Schmitter, Professor and Department Chair of History of Art and Architecture at University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Monika Schmitter specializes in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art of the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth century with an emphasis on the material culture and built environment of Venice. She is particularly interested in portraiture, patronage, domestic art and architecture, gender and class issues, and the history of collecting.

Her book, The Art Collector in Early Modern Italy: Andrea Odoni and his Venetian Palace, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. She has also published articles in journals such as Renaissance Quarterly, The Burlington Magazine, Renaissance Studies, The Journal of Architectural Historians, and Studies in Iconography and has been the recipient of numerous fellowships and grants.

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