1821-2021 Female Portraits and Contemporary Details at the time of Napoleon

AGC the Italian Association for contemporary jewellery, in collaboration with:

University Library of Pavia (Italy)

Fondazione Maria Cosway (Lodi, Italy)

Liceo Piazza (Lodi, Italy)

Fondazione Villa Romana Le Grotte - Portoferraio (Elba Island, Italy),

proposes the themed exhibition on the occasion of the bicentenary celebrations of the death of Napoleon Bonaparte 1821-2021. A series of female portraits in the Napoleonic era by artists such as Maria Cosway, Élisabeth-Louise Vigée Le Brun, Angelica Kauffmann, Mary Moser, Anne Seymour Damer, and the female figures closest to Bonaparte - between Lombardy and Elba - Paolina, Madame Mére Maria Letizia Ramolino, Giulia Beccaria, inspire works of contemporary jewellery.

The curators of the exhibition are preparing a bibliography and a series of iconographic references to which art-jewelers and jewelry designers (AGC members) will be able to draw inspiration and combine their works with each portrait. All the thematic guidelines will be available to authors at the time of pre-accession - send request to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Entry registration:

1) pre-register with artist name by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2) online registration form by this link

3) provisional images of work / not necessarily a new work (by Feb.28 2022)

4) work ready for photo shooting (28.2.2022) or professional picture to be sent by wetransfer/
google-drive (A still life session with a partner photographer will be organized. Unless otherwise
available in the budget, any author who joins will contribute to the cost of the shots)

CALL FOR ENTRIES

DEADLINE 28 February 2022

curator: Eliana Negroni - Tel 335 8083039 - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

More information in the file attached.