Paola Cordera

Paola Cordera earned her PhD (Politecnico di Milano and Université Sorbonne-Paris 1) with a thesis under the supervision of Pietro C. Marani and Dominique Poulot. Her research on the art dealer and collector Frédéric Spitzer was published in 2014 as the first monograph on this subject and it has been disseminated widely at conferences and in articles.

In 2016 she was the Leon Levy Fellow at the Center for the History of Collecting at the Frick Art Reference Library. In recent years her work has been supported by grants from the Getty Research Institute, INHA, and the Kress Foundation International Travel Grant.

Her research draws upon a multidisciplinary background developed over time through several research projects and publications in the field of museums and cultural heritage. Her research interests lie in Medieval and Renaissance art, architecture and decorative arts and their reception in 19^th and 20^th century collections, and in the history of the taste and the art market.