A Safavid ambassadress in Rome: the last testament of Teresa Sampsonia Shirley

• Autores: Alexandria Brown Hedjazi
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 167, Nº 1464, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: European decorative arts at the Met), págs. 218-227
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Teresa Sampsonia Shirley, a Circassian noblewoman from the Safavid Empire, conducted diplomatic business across Europe alongside her husband, the English-born Safavid ambassador Robert Shirley. Her last testament, published here for the first time, provides valuable insights into her later and more modest life in Rome, where she lived after the death of her husband