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17th-Century Painter Michaelina Wautier Was Almost Lost to History. Will Blockbuster Shows Juice Her Market? | Artnet News The 17th-century painter Michaelina Wautier was almost lost to history. Eileen Kinsella took a look at her market.

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.

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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/

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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 🧀

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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)
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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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Rediscovering Plautilla Bricci, Rome's First Professional Woman Architect A Plautilla Bricci painting at Rome's Church of Santa Maria is being restored thanks to the U.K. nonprofit organization Artemisia Gold.

An altarpiece at the church of Santa Maria in Campo Marzio in Rome by Plautilla Bricci, a nearly forgotten architect and painter, undergoes restoration

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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Augusta Savage | Audacious Art Activist and Trailblazer Sandy Rattley presents an illustrated overview of the contributions of sculptor Augusta Savage to American art and culture.

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

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

6 Important Black Women Sculptors You Probably Didn’t Know - Artsper Magazine Discover 6 pioneering Black women sculptors who shaped art history, defying racial and gender barriers from the Harlem Renaissance to today.

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'. 👑

An exciting release from the IMEMS Press with @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! Many congratulation to its author, Dr Sara Ayres.

Director and Curator, Special Collections and Archives - Middlebury College Reporting to the Dean of the Library, the Director and Curator of Special Collections provides leadership, vision, and budget oversight for Middlebury’s special collections, including its rare book an...

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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The Silent Revolution of Plautilla Bricci | Artist & Architect of C17th Rome At the time of the Galleria Corsini's show about Roman artist and architect Plautilla Bricci, Masu reflects on Bricci's cultural context.

... see also

Plautilla Bricci: A Painter and “Architettrice” in Seventeenth-Century Rome
by Alessandra Masu
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Plautilla Bricci | Italy's First Woman Architect Consuelo Lollobrigida gives insights into the life and work of Plautilla Bricci, a 17th-century artist and Italy's first female architect.

Learn more about Plautilla Bricchi on the #ArtHerstory blog -

Plautilla Bricci (1616–1705): A Talented Woman Architect in Baroque Rome
by Consuelo Lollobrigida
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Rediscovering Plautilla Bricci, Rome's First Professional Woman Architect A Plautilla Bricci painting at Rome's Church of Santa Maria is being restored thanks to the U.K. nonprofit organization Artemisia Gold.

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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Anne Vallayer-Coster Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744–1818) was one of just four female academicians admitted to the French Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in the late 18th century. She made her debut at the Paris Salon...

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...

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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)

Boom time for Artemisia It’s been a big month for the artist, with a new auction record and the National Gallery of Art acquiring an ecstatic Mary Magdalene. And her stock seems set to rise even higher, writes Jesse Locker

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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As an editor, I really appreciate it when people declining to review suggest potential reviewers. We (editors) don't know everybody and this is super helpful.

Want to learn more about the spectacular find on the Danish cargo ship Anne-Marie? Sign up for an exciting roundtable with researchers from the Faroe Islands here: www.eventbrite.com/e/ships-seaf...
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Three paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-portrait as St Catherine; Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy; and Woman offering her child to St Blaise

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Marie-Thérèse Reboul Vien | Natural History Painter and Draughtswoman Tori Champion discusses the artistic career of Marie-Thérèse Reboul Vien, with a special emphasis on her natural history illustrations.

Learn about the artist in Tori Champion’s #ArtHerstory guest post “Marie-Thérèse Reboul Vien: Finding the Natural in the Neoclassical,” artherstory.net/marie-theres...

A painting of two pigeons in shades of tan, standing on a dead branch, against a cloudy slate blue sky. Their heads are close together; possibly one is feeding the other.

Two Pigeons on a Tree Branch, 1762, by #MarieThérèseReboulVien (#MarieThérèseVien #MadameVien; French, 1735-1805), who was born #otd, Feb 26. Held by @museelouvre.bsky.social, collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/5335... #womenartists #artherstory #MarieThereseReboulVien

Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

This artwork will be on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," opening March 7 at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...