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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Location	Switzerland
Introduction	Annemarie Jordan Gschwend is a Research Scholar with the Centro de História de Além-Mar (CHAM) in Lisbon and in Switzerland, she obtained her Ph.D in 1994 from Brown University, writing a dissertation on the court, household and collection of Catherine of Austria, queen of Portugal (1507-1578). Her areas of specialization include patronage, collecting, menageries and Kunstkammmers at the Renaissance courts in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. In recent years, this research has focused on the court culture, patronage and collections of Habsburg women: in particular the sisters, wives and aunts of the rulers: Philip II of Spain, and the Emperors Charles V and Maximilian II. A further specialization of hers focuses on the cultural and artistic transfer between Africa, Asia, Brazil and the Renaissance Habsburg courts.