Patrona and Servitor – New Insights into the Patron/Artist Relationship between Duchess Margaret of Parma and Giulio Clovio

Abstract

This paper presents an unpublished letter written by Giulio Clovio to one of his most prominent patrons, Duchess Margaret of Parma, in 1574. As a continuation of their previous correspondence, it provides some new information on the network of persons involved in the communication and distribution of Clovio’ s artworks. Additionally, the author proposes a connection between Clovio’ s last known painting of Madonna and Child with St Simeon and The Holy Family painting, previously not described and evaluated in literature.

Keywords

• Giulio Clovio
• Duchess Margaret of Parma
• Renaissance
• cabinet painting
• Madonna and Child
• St Simeon
• Holy Family