Lynne Ambrosini is an independent art historian (PhD, New York University) specializing in 19^th-century French art and American art collecting. Previously, she served as curator, chief curator, and deputy director for the Brooklyn Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati. In 2020, France awarded her the rank of Chevalier, Order of Arts and Letters. Recent publications include: Keenly Interested in Art: The Collectors Anna Taft and Mary Emery of Cincinnati, in Chronicling Lost Legacies: Women Collectors, Patrons, and Tastemakers, Leiden, Brill, 2025; Nicholas Longworth, Activist Art Patron, in Tastemakers, Collectors, Patrons: Collecting American Art, Penn State University Press, 2024; Charles and Anna Taft: Forming a Gilded Age Art Collection, in Taft Museum of Art; Highlights, London, Giles, 2020; “C.F. Daubigny: The Seaside Evolution of a Colorist,” Charles-François et Karl Daubigny en Normandie, Musée Boudin, Honfleur, 2020; and Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape, Edinburgh, National Galleries of Scotland, 2016.