Parution : Anna Maria Jonietz, "Die Selbstbildnissammlung Der Medici 1650-1723: Frühneuzeitliche Strategien Zur Auslotung Und Formung Von Evidenz", Berlin, De Gruyter, 2025

The 'Galleria degli Autoritratti' in the Uffizi, Florence, is the largest collection of artists' self-portraits in the world. It was founded in 1650 by Leopoldo de' Medici, and his heir Cosimo III expanded and reorganized it. Assisted by a network of agents and guided by empirical research criteria, the two patrons acquired only genuine self-portraits. The outcome was a unique, special collection closely linked to the epistemological approaches of the 17th century. Anna Maria Jonietz is the ...