Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Zaga Christ by Giovanna Garzoni - www.dailyartmagazine.com/portrait-of-...
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Masterpiece Story: Portrait of Zaga Christ by Giovanna Garzoni - www.dailyartmagazine.com/portrait-of-...
By Carol Damioli for @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social
An art book, open to a spread with a drawing taking up the left page, and text and 2 photos of statues on the right.
Out now from @lhartbooks.bsky.social!
'Canova and His World' by Livio Pestilli focuses on Antonio Canova, one of the most celebrated sculptors of the Neoclassical era, reconsidering his life, work and artistic legacy ...
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A b&w engraving of a baby bird perched on a leafy branch.
A book cover with the title printed sideways up the left side, subtitle presented (in five rows) across the page next to it, with the author's name in all caps just below. The featured image is a colored engraving of wildflowers and berries on the vine, with a bird alighting on the top.
The Fledgling Dove, engraved 1951, by #JoanHassall, OBE (British, 1906-1988) who was born #otd, Mar 3.
Hassall is 1 of 4 artists featured in Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain, by Kristen Bluemel, www.upress.umn.edu/978151791477... ( @uminnpress.bsky.social, 2026)
Diane Boucher, Out of the Shadows: Rediscovering #MariaCosway
Reviewed by Tom Tuohy for @britishartjournal.bsky.social
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#womenartists #artherstory
An oval shaped bust painting of a white man with long curly brown hair (or wig). He wears a white lace cravat; his left shoulder is barely visible, clad in a gold colored jacket or robe. Beyond him at the right, a landscape is visible in the distance.
My Father Rosse, by #SusannahPenelopeRosse (British, 1652–1700). Held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O109974...
More about the artist:
Susannah Penelope Rosse: Painting for Pleasure in C17th England,
by Anna Pratley
artherstory.net/susannah-pen...
#womenartists
New Books About Women Artists | Oct–Dec 2025
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17th-Century Painter Michaelina Wautier Was Almost Lost to History. Will Blockbuster Shows Juice Her Market?
by Eileen Kinsella for @artnet.bsky.social
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A horizontally rectangular still life painting of pink roses in a glass bowl, surrounded by a light brown wooden frame with a white inset at the inner edges.
Pink Roses, c. 1890, by #JuliaMcEnteeDillon (American, 1834-1919), who was born #otd. Held by Ulster County Historical Soc. This work is on display now at the Albany Institute of History & Art, www.albanyinstitute.org/exhibition/j..., in a show that runs thru July 26.
#artherstory #womenartists
Celebrate Women's History Month and listen to Fran Levine on Radio Sefarad https://www.radiosefarad.com/crossings-women-on-the-santa-fe-trail-with-frances-levine/
Levine is the author of Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe Trail https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700637812/
#womenshistory #upkansas
Poster for the Edible Boundaries conference at University of Warwick on 14 March 2026.
Looking forward to speaking about dairywomen and cheesemaking at the Edible Boundaries conference at University of Warwick on 14 March 🧀
@edibleboundaries.bsky.social
Title page of Lord's Supper book about the Eucharist from 1674 with the signature of early owner Anne Hurst at the top.
Angela with the Communion chalice and bread, "Mary Surly her Book" written at the top!
Female Trouble?
At least two women, Mary Surly and Anne Hurst, owned this 1674 book about the Sacrament of Communion. It only took 300 years for female priests to consecrate it themselves!
@newberrylibrary.bsky.social (Case C 823 .859)
#HerBook #WHM
Genre painting by Michaelina Wautier (Dutch title: Elk zijn meug), The Phoebus Foundation. An oil painting depicting two children against a dark, neutral background. The foreground figure is a fair-skinned child with loose, curly auburn hair, wearing a voluminous white draped garment. The child holds a partially eaten boiled egg with a small spoon in one hand, and turns their head slightly to the left with a wide-eyed, slightly queasy or reluctant expression. Behind and to the right stands a second child with darker, dishevelled hair and a dark jacket with a white collar, leaning in and looking down attentively at the first child. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michaelina_Wautier#/media/File:Elk_zijn_meug.jpg
17th-Century Painter Michaelina Wautier Was Almost Lost to History. Will Blockbuster Shows Juice Her Market?
by Eileen Kinsella
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More about Wautier:
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#art #culture
An altarpiece at the church of Santa Maria in Campo Marzio in Rome by Plautilla Bricci, a nearly forgotten architect and painter, undergoes restoration
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Image: Francesca Alexander, Saint Agnese, 1861, ink on paper, 38.5x35cm, Wellesley College Special Collections
Artist, writer and philanthropist Francesca Alexander was born #otd in 1837
'The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander' by Jacqueline Musacchio, tells her compelling story set in pre-Civil War United States, pre & post-Risorgimento Italy, & Victorian England. Visit www.lundhumphries.com to get a copy!
A page from a scrapbook in which is inserted a picture of a young woman's face (in detail) and shoulders (much sketchier than the face). There are fronds from a real plant taped around the drawing - now dried from age. Handwritten in black on the scrapbook is the legend "The Belle of Bello Sguardo etched on copper by Miss Alexander." Under the legend in the left corner the same hand wrote "Florence / Nov. 13th 1858." Across from it, in the lower right corner, is written "given me by Miss Alexander / Nov 11th 1858."
The Belle of Bello Sguardo / Carolina Nardi, 1858, by #FrancescaAlexander (American, 1837-1917), who was born #otd, Feb 27. Held by the NYPL. Reproduced "The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander: 1837-1917," by J. M. Musacchio, ( @lhartbooks.bsky.social, 2025),
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Read about the artist on the #ArtHerstory blog
Reflections on the Audacious Art Activist and Trailblazer #AugustaSavage
by Sandy Rattley, Audacious Women Productions
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A photo of a cast bronze statue of a slender young boy seated on a tree stump. The viewer sees him from the side - only his left leg is visible. His left shoulder is somewhat lifted and he turns his face to gaze over it.
Boy on a Stump, 1940, by #AugustaSavage (American, 1892-1962), who was born Feb 29. Held by Driskell Center, University of Maryland, driskellcenter.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/96... #artherstory #womenartists #womensculptors
28.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 17 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
A watercolor drawing of a spring of Catharanthus roseus L., also known as annual vinca and/or periwinkle, with about a half dozen pink flowers and one bud. The artist's calligraphed signature is in the lower right corner
Catharanthus roseus L., c. 1750, by #DorotheaStormKreps (Dutch, 1734-72), who was born #otd, Feb 28. From the Moninckx Atlas, held by allardpierson.bsky.social at the University of Amsterdam, uvaerfgoed.nl/viewer/image... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
28.02.2025 15:02 — 👍 42 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 0
6 Important Black Women Sculptors You Probably Didn’t Know
by Balasz Takac for Artsper Magazine
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#CfP 'Connection, Conversation, Contention: Encounters in the
Medieval and Early Modern World'
13-14 July 2026, St John’s College, @durham.ac.uk
With Keynotes by Dr Natalie Goodison (Durham), Dr Lisa Kattenberg (Amsterdam) and Professor Stuart Carroll (York) @durhammemsa.bsky.social
Today sees the beginning of a two-day conference hosted by @thehuntington.bsky.social, organised by Dr Vanessa Wilkie and IMEMS member Dr Amanda Herbert, 'United Queendom: Legacies of Gendered Power in the Early Modern British World'. 👑
27.02.2026 15:49 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0An exciting release from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! Many congratulation to its author, Dr Sara Ayres.
27.02.2026 09:31 — 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
JOB ALERT! 📜📚
Who wants to be director & curator of special collections & archives at Middlebury College (Vermont!) — & work for a wonderful boss (& one of my favorite people), Rebekah Irwin?
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... see also
Plautilla Bricci: A Painter and “Architettrice” in Seventeenth-Century Rome
by Alessandra Masu
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Learn more about Plautilla Bricchi on the #ArtHerstory blog -
Plautilla Bricci (1616–1705): A Talented Woman Architect in Baroque Rome
by Consuelo Lollobrigida
artherstory.net/plautilla-br...
and ...
Rediscovering Plautilla Bricci, Rome’s First Professional Woman Architect
Plautilla Bricci was a prominent Baroque architect & painter. Now her painting 'Birth of the Virgin' at Rome's Church of Santa Maria is being restored.
by Karen Chernick for @artnet.bsky.social
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Forthcoming this spring in the #IlluminatingWomenArtists series, copublished by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications –
Anne Vallayer-Coster
by Kelsey Brosnan
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A painting of dead game animals - a hare, a rabbit and two birds (pheasants?) - on a stone ledge or wall outdoors under a tree, against a cobalt sky. On the ledge with the animals is a game bag, and a gun with accoutrements.
Still Life with Game, 1782, by #AnneVallayerCoster (French, 1744-1818), who died #otd, Feb 27. Held by @toledomuseum.bsky.social; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St...
#artherstory #womenartists
A watercolor drawing of a strawberry plant growing in the ground. On the plant are ripe red strawberries, immature white strawberries, and a couple of flowers. The leaves on the right are discolored with brown edges and on one leaf, yellow spots.
Strawberry Plant, c.1690–1695, by #AlidaWithoos (Dutch, 1660/2-1730). Private collection; source, “Women and the Art of Flower Painting,” by Ariane van Suchtelen, @mauritshuis.bsky.social, artherstory.net/women-and-th... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory #NationalStrawberryDay (US)
27.02.2026 13:59 — 👍 22 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
It's an exciting time for fans of #ArtemisiaGentileschi!
If you want to know more about her and her groundbreaking art, you should check out Sheila Barker's acclaimed monograph in our Illuminating Women Artists series: www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...
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