Rebecca’s field is art history in the early modern period in northern Europe as well as the colonial world. She focuses on issues of patronage, collecting, and display – that is, around questions of ownership, audience, and reception in works of art. Publications include books on Leonardo da Vinci and symbolism in art; articles on Rembrandt and the theory of display; and two essays on Dutch art in pre-colonial India. Rebecca has worked on issues of trade, cultural transmission, and artistic exchange between Europe, Mexico, India, and the New World, including curating an exhibition of Spanish Colonial art in the Southwest with the Fine Arts Center of Colorado Springs. Current projects include an examination of the pedagogy of onsite teaching, and a book on the role of court patronage in the art of the Dutch Republic.