Jacob Eisensmith, M.A.

Doctoral Fellow, Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Jacob is a PhD candidate in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at The University of Pittsburgh. He specializes in early modern cultural transmission in the Mediterranean world, with a particular focus on the cultural competition of Venice, Naples, and the Ottoman Empire in the larger Adriatic. He joins the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz as the 2022-2024 Samuel H. Kress Institutional Fellow. Jacob’s research is also funded by the Venetian Research Program from the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. His research has been supported by The Center for the Art and Architectural History of Port Cities at La Capraia, Naples. He received his BA from Rutgers University, and his MA from the Williams College Grad Art Program.

  • Global Renaissance
  • Italian Painting
  • Islamic Art
  • Cross-Cultural Exchange
  • Port Cities
  • Fourteenth Century Art
  • Fifteenth Century Art
  • Sculpture
  • Textiles
  • Material Culture
  • Mediterranean Studies 

Newsletter

Our Newsletter provides you with free information on events, tenders, exhibitions and recent publications from the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz.

If you would like to receive our newsletter, please enter your name and e-mail address:

*required field

Notes on the content of the newsletter and transit procedures

This letter is sent via MailChimp, where your e-mail address and name will be saved for sending the newsletter.

Once you have completed the form, you will receive a "Double-Opt-In-E-Mail," in which you are asked to confirm your registration. You can cancel your subscription to the Newsletter at any time ("Opt-out"). You will find an unsubscribe link in every Newsletter and in the Double-Opt-in-E-Mail.

You will receive detailed information about transit procedures and your withdrawal options in our privacy policy.