Eva Jana Siroka, an art historian and artist born in Bratislava, Slovakia, received her doctorate at Princeton University. A Renaissance scholar with interest in princely patronage, especially Rudolfine Prague, she has been drawn to Spranger’s art for decades. In 2005, she published her novel Maddalena with the artist as a central character.
Since 1971 (B.F.A., Hunter College, CUNY), her training in art history and fine arts has merged in academic and creative writing, and her art. A professional artist with works in North America and Europe, the author is currently preparing her next exhibition at the Joseph D. Carrier Art Gallery in Toronto. Inspired by Spranger’s original drawings and period prints, she has illustrated the current book and designed its cover.