Sharing the Medici Archive with the World.

MAP FORUM PRESENTS: Tuesday, 3 March @ 5pm EST/11pm CET

Migrating artists and traveling artwork achieved the successful fashioning of the Belvedere, which is Prince Eugene of Savoy's summer palace in Vienna that Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt designed and constructed between 1697 and 1723. A manifestation of global artistic patronage, the Belvedere’s international compendium of art and rarities performed as a vibrant articulation of Prince Eugene’s vast wealth and sound governance on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperors. This talk explores just one aspect of the Belvedere’s magnificent outfitting. It will examine quadratura frescoes painted by the Bolognese specialists Marcantonio Chiarini (1652-1730) and Geatano Fanti (1687-1759). Christina Lamb Chakalova is an assistant professor of art at Hillsdale College.