Making Her Mark, part 1

After a somewhat lengthy hiatus, I have returned. Among the things that have kept me busy was attending some great exhibitions. I thought I’d get back in the swim by sharing some of the art I have photographed.

For my first few posts now that I’m back, I’m going to tackle “Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800”, which I visited twice, once in November and once last week. The second visit was primarily to take photos and to revisit some of my favorite works.

I took so many photos that I’ll need to break this up into a few chapters, and even then it won’t be all of them. This is a wonderful show! Unfortunately, it is closing January 7th but will be traveling to Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. I can’t recommend it enough.

Today I’m sharing some of the painted portraits and self-portraits from the exhibition. I’ll link to online references for each painting so you can read more about them (and see professionally shot images).

^^ Judith Leyster (Dutch, 1609-1660) / Self-Portrait, c. 1630 / Oil on canvas / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/highlights/leyster-self-portrait.html

^^ Anna Maria van Schurman (Dutch, 1607-1678) / Self-Portrait, 1633 / Engraving on paper / Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
https://risdmuseum.org/art-design/collection/self-portrait-200230

^^ Mary Beale (British, 1633-1699) / Portrait of a Woman with a Black Hood, c.1660 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/portrait-woman-black-hood/

^^ Amalia von Königsmarck (Swedish, 1663-1740) / Allegory with Self-Portrait and Profile Portrait of Ulrika Eleonora the Elder, 1689 / Oil on canvas / Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden https://bit.ly/48I2KsM

^^ Rosalba Carriera (Italian, 1673-1757) / Allegory of Painting, 1730s / Pastel and red chalk on blue paper mounted on canvas (on strainer) / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.277.html

^^ Attributed to Catherine Lusurier (French, c.1753-1781) / Portrait of a Woman Drawing, c.1770-1781 / Oil on canvas / Philadelphia Museum of Art
https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/102599

^^ Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun (French, 1755-1842) / The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787 / Oil on canvas / National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.50215.html

^^ Anne Guéret (French, 1760-1805) / Portrait of an Artist with a Portfolio (Self-Portrait?), c.1793 / Black chalk, pen and gray ink and wash, heightened with white opaque watercolor on paper / Katrin Bellinger Collection
https://katrinbellingercollection.com/explore/#image:4016

^^ Adélaïde Labille-Guiard (French, 1749-1803) / Portrait of a Woman (Presumed Portrait of the Marquise de Lafayette), 1793-94 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/portrait-woman-presumed-portrait-marquise-de-lafayette/

^^ Catherine Andras (British, 1775-1860) / Rose Bruce, of Dublin, 1799 / Painted wax, set in the original shadow box / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:13057491