Granted applications 2026

In the first application round, the following applications were awarded a grant:

  • Dr. Floris de Beij (postdoctoral researcher, Amsterdam): “Typological research into early 14th-century altarpieces in Siena”
  • Koen de Groot MA (independent researcher, Amsterdam): “Forgotten funerary monuments for several prominent Zouaves from the Low Countries at various locations in Rome and the surrounding area”
  • Petra Jalsovec RMA (independent researcher, Rotterdam): “Attribution of a nautilus shell (circa 1650) with motifs inspired by commedia dell’arte in the collection of Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan”
  • Emma de Jong MA (external PhD candidate, University of Groningen): “The architectural drawings of Giuseppe Piermarini (1737-1808) as preserved in Foligno, Milan, and Naples”
  • Jet Kleine Schaars RMA (PhD candidate, Radboud University Nijmegen): “The early modern production and circulation of knowledge between the Dutch Republic and Italy, as visible in Venetian archival documents concerning Gisbert Cuper (1644-1716) and Franciscus Stryker”
  • Julia Kok MA (PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam): “The role of women within early modern migrant brotherhoods in Trento, Treviso, Verona, and Padua”
  • Dr. Gloria Moorman (Postdoctoral Researcher, Leiden): “Book historical research into 14 atlas books in the possession of various Venetian collections: Museo Correr, Fondazione Cini, Accademia delle Belle Arti, Biblioteca Marciana”
  • Leo van Snippenburg RMA (External PhD candidate, Radboud University): “Archival research in Livorno into the position of Protestant immigrants from the Dutch Republic in the 17th century”
  • Dr. Rozanne Versendaal (Assistant Professor, Utrecht University): “Early modern popular printed matter with carnival themes as found in library collections in Venice, Padua, Vicenza, Milan, and Bologna”