Name: Michela Degortes

Professional Category: Postdoctoral Researcher (IHA Fellowship)

Research Project: Grand Tour no feminino: arte e diplomacia em Portugal no final do Antigo Regime (1790-1836) e a ação de Isabel e Mariana de Sousa Holstein

Supervisor: Pedro Flor (UAb; IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST)

Thematic areas: 17th – 18th Century Art and Architecture, Cultural Transfers, Cultural Diplomacy, Art Market and Collecting

Position within IHA: RG Member [Pre-Modern Visual and Material Cultures]

Contact: mdegortes@fcsh.unl.pt

CIÊNCIA ID: F316-48B8-C87F

ORCiD: 0000-0001-7801-8233

Scopus Author ID: 57727439900

Biography

Michela Degortes is an architect (University of Florence) and a PhD in Art History (University of Lisbon). She is an integrated researcher – Pos Doctoral Fellow at the Art History Institute, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, NOVA University of Lisbon (IHA-NOVA FCSH).

She was doctoral fellow at Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (2015-2016) and at FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (2017-2021). Her doctoral thesis, Giovanni Gherardo De Rossi (1754-1827) na direção da Academia Portuguesa de Belas Artes em Roma: ensino e mercado da arte, has been awarded with the Prémio APHA Millennium José-Augusto França and recently published by APHA in Open Access (2023).

Her main research interests address the mobility of artists and artworks, cultural transfer, cultural diplomacy, history of collecting and art market (18th – 19th Centuries) as well as topics related with the reuse, preservation, and restoration of cultural heritage.

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Abbreviations:
RG – Research Group