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| Lorenzo Ambrosio | |
|---|---|
| Name | Lorenzo Ambrosio |
| Birth date | 1980 |
| Birth place | Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Historian; Curator; Author |
| Alma mater | University of Naples Federico II; University of Oxford |
| Notable works | The Mediterranean Networks; Baroque Dialogues; Archives of Bourbon Naples |
Lorenzo Ambrosio is an Italian historian, curator, and author known for his work on early modern Mediterranean networks, Baroque visual culture, and archival restoration. He has published monographs and curated exhibitions that bridge scholarship at institutions across Europe and North America. Ambrosio's research emphasizes archival methodologies and transregional connections among courts, ports, and religious institutions.
Ambrosio was born in Naples and educated at the University of Naples Federico II where he studied early modern history and archival studies, alongside scholars associated with the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele III. He pursued doctoral research at the University of Oxford under supervision connected to the Faculty of History and research groups tied to the British Academy and the V&A Research Institute. His formative training included internships at the Archivio di Stato di Napoli, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and collaborative visits to the Spanish National Research Council.
Ambrosio began his career as a research fellow at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and later held appointments at the Fondazione Federico II and the Ca' Foscari University of Venice where he taught courses linked to the European Research Council networks. He served as curator for early modern collections at the Museo di Capodimonte and consulted on exhibitions with staff from the National Gallery, London, the Museums of the Vatican, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. His project partnerships have involved the International Council on Archives, the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, and the Getty Research Institute.
Ambrosio's major publications include The Mediterranean Networks, Baroque Dialogues, and Archives of Bourbon Naples, which integrate material from the Archivio General de Indias, the State Archives of Turin, and holdings at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. He advanced methodologies for reconstructing merchant correspondence using documents from the Venetian Arsenal, the Casa Savoia registries, and port records in Palermo and Genoa. His curatorial essays accompanied exhibitions drawing on paintings by Caravaggio, Diego Velázquez, and Nicolas Poussin, and engaged with manuscript collections linked to Giovanni Battista Vico and Ettore Pais. Ambrosio developed digital cataloguing standards adopted in collaborative projects with the Europeana platform and the Digital Humanities Institute at King's College London.
Ambrosio's scholarship has been recognized with fellowships from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions program, a research prize from the Società Napoletana di Storia Patria, and a residency at the St Catherine's College, Oxford fellowship scheme. He received grants from the Horizon 2020 program, awards from the Italian Ministry of Culture, and honors from the Royal Historical Society. His exhibition projects earned commendations from the Association of Art Historians and curatorial acknowledgments from the European Museum Forum.
Ambrosio maintains professional ties to Naples while residing between Rome and London for research appointments; he collaborates with partners at the University of Cambridge and the Fondazione Prada. He participates in advisory boards of the Istituto Nazionale di Studi sul Rinascimento and contributes to editorial committees of journals affiliated with the Royal Society of Literature and the Publications of the Modern Language Association.
Ambrosio's blend of archival scholarship, curatorial practice, and digital initiatives influenced projects across the Mediterranean, including conservation programs in Sicily and collaborative catalogues used by the Prado Museum and the Uffizi Gallery. His methods for networking dispersed sources informed curricula at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales and inspired doctoral projects funded by the Leverhulme Trust and the Wellcome Trust. Scholars associated with the Institute for Advanced Study and the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities cite his work in studies of transregional circulation of art, manuscripts, and diplomatic correspondence.
Category:Italian historians Category:Curators