Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti

Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti (29 March 1929 – 9 April 2021) was a Danish art historian and museum director.

Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti
Born	(1929-03-29)29 March 1929
Died	9 April 2021(2021-04-09) (aged 92)
Nationality	Danish
Alma mater	Courtauld Institute of Art University of Florence
Occupation(s)	Art historian and museum director
Employer	Palazzo Pitti Stibbert Museum
Awards	Order of Dannebrog (1995) Royal Victorian Order (2010)

Piacenti studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1951, and a master's degree in 1953, and eventually graduated with a doctor degree from the University of Florence in 1966. She was assigned with Museo degli Argenti at Palazzo Pitti in Florence from 1971. From 1996 she was appointed director of the Stibbert Museum in Florence.^[1]

She was decorated Knight of the Order of Dannebrog in 1995, and Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 2010.^[1]

Piacenti died on 9 April 2021.^[2]

Selected works

• The italiante school of Dutch landscape painting in the first half of the 17th century. London. 1953. OCLC 837101311.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[3]

References

1. "Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti". kvinfo.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Cordoglio per la scomparsa di Kirsten Aschengreen Piacenti, ricercatrice, esperta e appassionata di arte". valdarnopost.it (in Italian). 10 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
3. The italiante school of Dutch landscape painting in the first half of the 17th century. OCLC 837101311. Retrieved 12 April 2021 – via worldcat.org.