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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Setting the Stage -- 2: Composing a Musical Portrait -- 3: Representing the Female Grand Tourist -- 4: The scientific Lady in Naples -- 5: Materializing Anna Amalia's Bildung -- 6: Anna Amalia's Gedenktafel: The Making of an Icon -- Conclusion -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Bibliography -- Index -- Colour Plates.

Portraits of Anna Amalia, Duchess of Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach chart a shift in perceptions of her public identity and of the gender dynamics that shaped that identity. This manuscript is more than just a patronage study or a biography; it is concerned with how a powerful woman used art to shape her identity, how that identity changed over time, and how people around her shaped it, too. This study sheds real light on the power of portraiture in eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Europe.