In my last post, I shared some portraits and self-portraits from the exhibition “Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800”, which I visited twice at the Baltimore Museum of Art.
https://schristywolfe.com/2024/01/05/i-have-returned/

If you missed it, the show will be traveling to the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. I can’t recommend it enough.

Today I’m sharing some paintings of allegories and religious scenes from that same exhibition. Just like last time, I’ll link to online references for each painting so you can read more about them (and see professionally shot images).

^^ Barbara Longhi (Italian, 1552-c.1638) / Madonna and Child, c.1575-1580 / Oil on canvas / Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto
https://ago.ca/agoinsider/broadening-our-european-collection

^^ Lavinia Fontana (Italian, 1552–1614) / Holy Family with Saints Margaret and Francis, 1578 / Oil on Canvas / Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
https://www.artsy.net/artwork/lavinia-fontana-holy-family-with-saints-margaret-and-francis

^^ Fede Galizia (Italian, 1578-c.1630) / Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1596 / Oil on canvas / John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holofernes,_by_Fede_Galizia,_1596,_oil_on_canvas_-_John_and_Mable_Ringling_Museum_of_Art_-_Sarasota,_FL_-_DSC00633.jpg

^^ Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593-after 1654) / Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c.1623-1625 / Oil on canvas / Detroit Institute of Arts, MI
https://dia.org/collection/judith-and-her-maidservant-head-holofernes-45746

^^ Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638-1665) / Virgin and Child, 1663 / Oil on canvas / National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
https://nmwa.org/art/collection/virgin-and-child/

^^ Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638–1665) / Personification of Music, 1659 / Oil on Canvas / Private collection
https://www.artnet.com/artists/elisabetta-sirani/personification-of-music-fPyVGRBAgYfQowxm1l9RVg2

^^ Angelica Kauffmann (Swiss, 1741-1807) / Sappho Inspired by Love, 1775 / Oil on canvas / John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the State Art Museum of Florida, Florida State University, Sarasota
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sappho_Inspired_by_Love_by_Angelica_Kauffmann.jpg