Dr. Matteo Chirumbolo

Biography

Matteo Chirumbolo is a Research Associate specializing in Italian Renaissance Studies at the University of Cambridge's Faculty of History. His academic focus is on early modern Italy, particularly in the areas of patronage and cross-cultural exchanges during the Renaissance period. Matteo completed his PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art under the supervision of Professor Scott Nethersole, with a thesis titled 'Family Lexicon: Patronage Girolamo Basso Domenico della Rovere in Turin, Savona, Loreto, and Rome from 1477 to 1507'. His research contributes to historiographic debates surrounding the 'centre-periphery' dynamic, aiming to reframe traditional understandings of artistic production along the Adriatic and Ligurian coasts of Italy and the cisalpine area of the Duchy of Savoy through the lens of patronage studies. Currently, he is involved in the AHRC-funded project 'Objects and Spaces of Encounter in Renaissance Italy', which examines the influence of non-local settler communities on cultic visual traditions in the Italian peninsula, particularly in southern Calabria. Additionally, Matteo collaborates with the Fitzwilliam Museum to develop new narratives for their Italian Renaissance galleries. He has held fellowships at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florence and continues to co-edit a volume on 'Art, History, Multiple Geographies of the Holy House of Loreto', collaborating regularly with galleries and museums in Italy and the UK.

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