Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti
Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti | |
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Born | 29 March 1929 |
Died | 9 April 2021 | (aged 92)
Nationality | Danish |
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Occupation | Art historian and museum director |
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Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti (29 March 1929 – 9 April 2021) was a Danish art historian and museum director.
Piacenti studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she graduated with a bachelor degree in 1951, and a master degree in 1953, and eventually graduated with a doctor degree from the University of Florence in 1966. She was assigned with Museo degli Argenti at Palazzo Pitti in Florence from 1971. From 1996 she was appointed director of the Stibbert Museum in Florence.[1]
She was decorated Knight of the Order of Dannebrog in 1995, and Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 2010.[1]
Piacenti died on 9 April 2021.[2]
Selected works[]
- The italiante school of Dutch landscape painting in the first half of the 17th century. London. 1953. OCLC 837101311.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti". kvinfo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Cordoglio per la scomparsa di Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, ricercatrice, esperta e appassionata di arte". valdarnopost.it (in Italian). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
- ^ "The italiante school of Dutch landscape painting in the first half of the 17th century". worldcat.org. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
Categories:
- 1929 births
- 2021 deaths
- Danish art historians
- Directors of museums in Italy
- Women museum directors
- University of Florence alumni
- Danish expatriates in Italy
- Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog
- Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order
- Danish people stubs