| Summary: | Common throughout Europe in the Baroque era, the theme of the Gypsy woman in art had an enduring reputation. This specific aspect of art history has been usually neglected; in most literature the theme of the pretty Gypsy woman has been opposed to the vagabond realities of the wandering nation. The above connection lies however on the misunderstanding of the Gypsies’ presence under the patronage of the princes and the nobility. The French case, which has also influenced the English and the Italian ones, reveals a Gypsy moment in the formation of a court culture. A set of compromises has been the source of various transformations in the long life of an aesthetic practice of the theme of the Bohemian woman, the Zingara, for both administrative and hedonistic uses.
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