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Low Countries Women as Funders of Art and Architecture

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: From the late sixteenth century into the early eighteenth, the Southern Low Countries constituted one of the most important regions for artistic production and exchange in Europe. This essay reveals the understudied roles of women in the flourishing of that visual culture. I argue that this topic must be approached with a solid understanding of the gendered property laws and practices that shaped both how women used their wealth to finance art and architecture, and the sources through which we access that activity.

Source: Early Modern Low Countries

DOI: 10.51750/emlc23024

Author: Sarah Joan Moran

Language: English

Topic: Historical Art and Architecture Studies

Subfield: Conservation

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: National Science Foundation, Belgian American Educational Foundation, University of Sussex, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung, Universiteit Utrecht

OpenAlex ID: W4409822819

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