Pasquale Focarile

Pasquale Focarile is currently Senior Curatorial Fellow at the Medici Archive Project and Research Collaborator at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. He received his MA from the University of Pisa and his Ph.D. from the University of Florence (2016; Regional programme, XXVIII cycle). His research has encompassed various aspects of the history of collecting in Florentine private residences and at the Medici court. Several of his publications explore the theme of social identity through the production and display of art, with special reference to portraiture and genealogies (painted and engraved). He joined the Medici Archive Project in 2017 as an Eva Schler Fellow with a research project on the genealogical representation at the Medici court. As Senior Curatorial Fellow (2019), he co-curated the exhibition Cento Lanzi per il Principe (Florence, Uffizi Galleries, 2019) with M. Arfaioli and M. Merlo. As Eva Schler Assistant Curatorial Fellow (2019-2020), he joined Sheila Barker in organizing the exhibition ‘La grandezza dell’universo’ nell’arte di Giovanna Garzoni (Florence, Uffizi Galleries, 2020). His current research focuses on the artistic legacy of the Medici in Lorraine Tuscany (XVIII-XIX centuries), with special reference to the musealization of the artistic heritage. He is also working on the scientific catalog of the Medici collection transferred to Lucca in 1853 (the current Pinacoteca of the National Museum of Palazzo Mansi, Lucca) and on the artistic relations between the Republic of Lucca and Florence, Rome and Bologna during the 17th century.