Category Archives: Women Artists

Autoportrait Day 77~ Giovanna Garzoni

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Italian Baroque painter Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670)

1. Self-portrait as Apollo, c.1618-20 / Tempera on parchment, laid down on linen / Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, IT

2. Self-Portrait, c.1650 / Pastel and charcoal on paper / Harvard University’s Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, DC

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Autoportrait Day 72~ Lallie Charles

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Irish photographer Lallie Charles (1869-1919)

1. Lallie Charles by Lallie Charles, 1900s / Vintage print / National Portrait Gallery, London, UK

2. Lallie Charles by Lallie Charles, early 1910s / Bromide contact print / NPG, London, UK

3. Bea Martin; Rita Martin; Lallie Charles by Lallie Charles, c.1899
Whole-plate glass negative / NPG, London, UK

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Autoportrait Day 70~ Gesina ter Borch

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A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries

Dutch Golden Age artist Gesina ter Borch (1631-1690)

1. Zelfportret van Gesina ter Borch in cartouche, 1659 / Watercolor on paper / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2. Zelfportret van Gesina ter Borch, 1661 / Watercolor and ink on paper / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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