Suzanne Boorsch

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Suzanne Boorsch
Born (1937-06-29) 29 June 1937 (age 87)
Nationality American
Alma mater Smith College
New York University Institute of Fine Arts
Occupation(s) Art historian
Curator
Employer(s) Metropolitan Museum of Art
Yale University Art Gallery
SpouseAllan Appel (m. 1978)
Parent(s)Jean Boorsch
Louise Totten

Suzanne Boorsch (born June 29, 1937) is an American art historian, who specializes in Renaissance old master prints, as well as the art of Giorgio Ghisi, Andrea Mantegna, and Francesco Vanni. Boorsch is the Robert L. Solley Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Yale University Art Gallery.

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Career

Born to Jean Boorsch, Street Professor Emeritus of Romance Languages at Yale University, and Louise Totten, Boorsch received a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in 1958. [1] She then continued on to receive a Master of Arts in 1974 and a Master of Philosophy in 1977, both from New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

Boorsch began her career as Assistant Curator of Prints and Photographs at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [2] Boorsch then became the Robert L. Solley Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Yale University Art Gallery. [3]

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