Dagmar Eichberger (born 1955) is a German art historian, former professor, and curator specializing in Renaissance visual culture, courtly patronage, and the history of art collecting in early modern Europe.
Eichberger completed her MA and PhD in art history, history, and archaeology at the University of Heidelberg, where she later a professor.
She has held teaching and research positions at the University of Canberra, Melbourne, Giessen, Jena, Konstanz, Paris, Trier and Vienna.
EichbergerâÂÂs research centers on material culture, dynastic representation, and early collections of the Renaissance. She is particularly noted for her studies of the collecting activities of Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy and Joanna of Castile, situating their portrait collections within broader political and cultural strategies of European courts.
Her publications examine early modern collections as instruments of identity formation and diplomatic exchange. She has co-edited volumes on artists including Jan van Eyck and Albrecht Dürer, contributing to interdisciplinary scholarship that integrates art history, archival research, and cultural history.
Eichberger has curated and contributed to major international exhibitions on female patronage and dynastic culture. Her research informed the exhibition Women. The Art of Power. Three Women from the House of Habsburg at Schloss Ambras in Innsbruck, which examined the collecting practices and cultural influence of Habsburg women.
She has also participated in exhibition projects such as Women of Distinction: Margaret of York and Margaret of Austria in Mechelen.