Pamela Golbin is the curator-in-chief of Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France. In fact, these two figures are the great-grandmothers of Leonardo da Vinci and Charles I. At the second level, we would note that they were both very rich and powerful women - women who dominated, or at least managed to dominate, the professions, in their very...more

Pamela Golbin is the curator-in-chief of Les Arts Décoratifs in Paris, France. In fact, these two figures are the great-grandmothers of Leonardo da Vinci and Charles I.

At the second level, we would note that they were both very rich and powerful women - women who dominated, or at least managed to dominate, the professions, in their very specific fields such as architecture and anatomy. Their mothers were extremely influential, both their marriages and the lives of their brothers.

Of...