Jonathan Nelson is Assistant Director for Academic Programs and Publications at I Tatti. In 2004 he co-authored a major monograph on Filippino Lippi, and co-curated an exhibition devoted to Botticelli and Filippino at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence. He has also co-curated two exhibitions at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence: Venus and Cupid. Michelangelo and the New Ideal of Beauty (2002; this was the subject of his I Tatti fellowship the same year) and Robert Mapplethorpe: Perfection in Form. Other books include Leonardo e la reinvenzione della figura femminile  (2007) andThe Patron’s Payoff: Economic Frameworks for Conspicuous Commissions in Renaissance Italy (2008). The author of numerous essays and exhibition catalogue entries, he has taught Italian Renaissance art history since 1994 at Syracuse University in Florence (currently on leave).

乔纳森·奈尔逊是塔蒂中心学术项目和出版方面的助理馆长。2004年他合著了关于菲利皮诺·利皮的一本重要专题著作。同年，他在佛罗伦萨斯特罗齐宫共同策划了一个致力于波提切利和菲莉皮诺的展览。他还在佛罗伦萨艺术学院美术馆策划了两个展览：维纳斯和丘比特：米开朗基罗与新的理想之美（2002年，这也是他同年塔蒂研究基金的主题）以及罗伯特·梅普尔索普：形式中的完美。他的其他著作包括：《莱昂纳多与女性形象的重塑》（2007年）和《赞助人的报酬：意大利文艺复兴著名艺术委托中的经济构架》（2008）。作为诸多学术论文和展览目录的作者，奈尔逊教授从1994年开始就在雪城大学佛罗伦萨分校教授意大利文艺复兴艺术史（目前休假中）。