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Today! Karin Leonhard and Tilly Laaser

#OTD in 1532, the Spanish captured the Inca emperor Atahualpa. Hoping to secure freedom, he filled a room with gold and silver – the largest ransom ever collected. We’ll be discussing episodes like this at Art in Times of War and Peace. More here: biblhertz.it/events/35323/2…

The Lise Meitner Group’s Francesca Borgo & Julia Vázquez contributed to two contemporary art exhibitions on show now. Read their essays in the catalogs of Anish Kapoor: Untrue Unreal Palazzo Strozzi palazzostrozzi.org/en/archivio/ex… and Marisol: A Retrospective MBAM delmonicobooks.com/book/marisol-a…

These two anchors at the Palazzo della Marina in Rome represent loot & repair in Italian naval history: on the right is an anchor looted from an Austro-Hungarian battleship, on the left is repair – one brought as war reparations.

The Lise Meitner Group visited the Palazzo della Marina last week to gear up for its conference on loot: Art in Times of War and Peace (May 8–10): biblhertz.it/events/35323/2…

In January 1646, the Camera Apostolica in Rome enacted a law prohibiting the excavation and illicit export of art from the city. The intentions were clear, the effect less so. We’ll be discussing excavation & export at "Art in Times of War and Peace": 🗓️biblhertz.it/events/35323/2…

One of these is us 🎉 Touched/ Retouched: Paper across Time, 1400-1700 - a collaboration of my Research Group with the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica

We’re pleased to announce that the Lise Meitner Group has received a grant from Getty Foundation through The Paper Project initiative for a workshop in November 2024 on premodern practices of retouching, organized with the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica!

Look at me just four years ago, still young and full of hopes 😂

Call is out: apply to spend a week in Rome looking at drawings with some of the best curators out there 🌈 A Getty Foundation Paper Project workshop in Rome

Today in Zurich !

#OTD in 1717 a prohibition on the removal of art from Rome was put in place. Looting had gone on too long, and prior laws hadn’t been strict enough to stop it. We’ll be talking loot, the law & their intertwined histories at Art in Times of War and Peace: biblhertz.it/events/35323/2…

#OTD in 1527, Rome was captured by the military forces of Charles V. More than 20,000 soldiers invaded the city. “Hell,” it was said, “was a more beautiful site to behold.” Join us from 8–10 May as we reconsider renaissance looting in Art in Times of War and Peace!

On the heels of “Art in Times of War and Peace,” the Lise Meitner Group bids farewell to its annual initiative on early modern loot with one last site visit, the Museo Storico Navale in Venice. 🔗Find out more about the group's work here: biblhertz.it/en/research-gr… Francesca Borgo

Members of the Lise Meitner Group were honored to celebrate Casa Muraro, Columbia University University’s Research Center in Venice, with friends and colleagues from the field of Venetian studies. Congrats to Diane Bodart on the opening of “Luis Serrano,” its inaugural exhibition!

Looking for an English-language editorial assistant/associate. This is a **key** role in our group and we are excited to see who’s out there 👩‍💻 Please share !!