Adelina Modesti is a Honorary Associate in Art History in the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part 1 GENDERED NETWORKS 1. Vittoria della Rovere at the Medici Court: A Dynasty of Women. 2. "Le Signore Dame": Vittoria della Rovere and her female courtiers. 3. Gendered Social and Cultural Networks: Italy and Beyond. Part 2 SELF-FASHIONING and DISPLAY 4. Visual Splendour at the Court of Vittoria della Rovere; the Role of Portraiture. Chapter 5 Material Magnificence between the Courts of France and Florence: Vittoria della Rovere’s French Luxury Imports 6. Sartorial Elegance at the Medici Court: Fashioning the Grand Ducal Family Part 3 CULTURAL PATRONAGE 7. A Discerning Eye: Vittoria della Rovere’s Art Patronage 8. The female virtuosa at the Grand Duchess’s court: Vittoria della Rovere’s patronage of female artists and other creative women. 9. Architectural Patronage, Interior Design and Decoration Part 4 PIETY and SPIRITUAL PHILANTHROPY 10. Performing piety: Vittoria della Rovere and the theatre of religious devotion. 11."Sua infocata devotione": Vittoria della Rovere and the Reliquary Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena de’Pazzi Nobile Fiorentina 12. Vittoria della Rovere’s Spiritual Philanthropy

"Meticulously researched ... This thought-provoking examination of Vittoria della Rovere’s cultural and gendered patronage is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussions of the Medici women and the Medici family and to the flourishing scholarly discourse on women leaders, their patronage networks, their patronage, and, most importantly, their matronage."--Renaissance Quarterly

Adelina Modesti is a Honorary Associate in Art History in the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part 1 GENDERED NETWORKS 1. Vittoria della Rovere at the Medici Court: A Dynasty of Women. 2. "Le Signore Dame": Vittoria della Rovere and her female courtiers. 3. Gendered Social and Cultural Networks: Italy and Beyond. Part 2 SELF-FASHIONING and DISPLAY 4. Visual Splendour at the Court of Vittoria della Rovere; the Role of Portraiture. Chapter 5 Material Magnificence between the Courts of France and Florence: Vittoria della Rovere’s French Luxury Imports 6. Sartorial Elegance at the Medici Court: Fashioning the Grand Ducal Family Part 3 CULTURAL PATRONAGE 7. A Discerning Eye: Vittoria della Rovere’s Art Patronage 8. The female virtuosa at the Grand Duchess’s court: Vittoria della Rovere’s patronage of female artists and other creative women. 9. Architectural Patronage, Interior Design and Decoration Part 4 PIETY and SPIRITUAL PHILANTHROPY 10. Performing piety: Vittoria della Rovere and the theatre of religious devotion. 11."Sua infocata devotione": Vittoria della Rovere and the Reliquary Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena de’Pazzi Nobile Fiorentina 12. Vittoria della Rovere’s Spiritual Philanthropy

"Meticulously researched ... This thought-provoking examination of Vittoria della Rovere’s cultural and gendered patronage is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussions of the Medici women and the Medici family and to the flourishing scholarly discourse on women leaders, their patronage networks, their patronage, and, most importantly, their matronage."--Renaissance Quarterly

Adelina Modesti is a Honorary Associate in Art History in the Department of Archaeology and History at La Trobe University, Melbourne.

• Part 1 GENDERED NETWORKS 1. Vittoria della Rovere at the Medici Court: A Dynasty of Women. 2. "Le Signore Dame": Vittoria della Rovere and her female courtiers. 3. Gendered Social and Cultural Networks: Italy and Beyond. Part 2 SELF-FASHIONING and DISPLAY 4. Visual Splendour at the Court of Vittoria della Rovere; the Role of Portraiture. Chapter 5 Material Magnificence between the Courts of France and Florence: Vittoria della Rovere’s French Luxury Imports 6. Sartorial Elegance at the Medici Court: Fashioning the Grand Ducal Family Part 3 CULTURAL PATRONAGE 7. A Discerning Eye: Vittoria della Rovere’s Art Patronage 8. The female virtuosa at the Grand Duchess’s court: Vittoria della Rovere’s patronage of female artists and other creative women. 9. Architectural Patronage, Interior Design and Decoration Part 4 PIETY and SPIRITUAL PHILANTHROPY 10. Performing piety: Vittoria della Rovere and the theatre of religious devotion. 11."Sua infocata devotione": Vittoria della Rovere and the Reliquary Chapel of Santa Maria Maddalena de’Pazzi Nobile Fiorentina 12. Vittoria della Rovere’s Spiritual Philanthropy

"Meticulously researched ... This thought-provoking examination of Vittoria della Rovere’s cultural and gendered patronage is a welcome addition to the ongoing discussions of the Medici women and the Medici family and to the flourishing scholarly discourse on women leaders, their patronage networks, their patronage, and, most importantly, their matronage."--Renaissance Quarterly