March 12~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Chen Shu (1660-1736)
Chinese painter during the early Qing dynasty
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen_Shu_(painter)

http://www.chinaonlinemuseum.com/painting-flowers-signs.php

Violante Siriès Cerroti (1709-1783)
Eighteenth-century portraitist for Tuscan nobility
http://advancingwomenartists.org/artists/violante-siries-cerroti

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/captain-edward-hughes-c-17161794-175629
Siries Ceroti, Violante Beatrice, 1709-1783; Captain Sir Edward Hughes (c.1720-1794)

March 11~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Rosalba Carriera (1673/5-1757)
Italian portrait painter and miniaturist best known for her work in pastels
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/rosalba-carriera

Gustavus Hamilton, Second Viscount Boyne, in Masquerade Costume / 1730–31 / Pastel on paper, laid down on canvas / 22 1/4”x16 7/8”

 

 

 

 

Susanna Drury (c.1698-c.1770)
Landscape painter, illustrator; best known for 2 gouache drawings of the Giant’s Causeway
https://vulcan.lindahall.org/16.shtml

A View of the Giant’s Causeway: East Prospect / 1740 / Gouache on vellum / dimensions?

March 10~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665), Italian artist supported her parents, three siblings, and herself entirely through her art
https://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/elisabetta-sirani

Holy Family with Saints Anne and Joachim (Holy Family of the Cherries) / c.1662 / Oil on Canvas / dimensions?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Botanical & natural history illustrator; the first to record metamorphosis
https://www.botanicalartandartists.com/about-maria-sibylla-merian.html

Plate 1 from Dissertation in Insect Generations and Metamorphosis in Surinam / 1719 / Hand-colored engraving / 12 3/4”x9 3/4”

March 9~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
Dutch Golden Age painter
https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.1485.html#biography

Two Children with a Cat / 1629 / Oil on canvas / 24”x20”

 

Louise Moillon (1610-1696), French painter in the Baroque era, known for her still lifes
https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/moillon-louise

Basket of Peaches, with Quinces, and Plums / after 1641 / Oil on canvas / 26”x33 1/4”

March 8~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-c.1656)
Italian Baroque painter, and important second-generation follower of Caravaggio
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Artemisia-Gentileschi

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes / c.1623/1625 / Oil on canvas / 72 7/16”x55 3/4”


Giovanna Garzoni (1600-c.1670)

Considered to be one of the greatest Italian miniaturists of the seventeenth century
https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/person/103M0R

Still Life with Bowl of Citrons / late 1640s / Tempera on vellum / 10 7/8”x14”

March 7~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Chiara Varotari (1584-c.1663)
Italian Baroque painter, author, and founder of a school for the arts
https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/bio/v/varotari/chiara/biograph.html

Portrait of a Lady, probably Pantasilea Dotto Capodilista / c.1630 / Oil on canvas / 79”x46”

 

 

Fede Galizia (c.1574-c.1630)
Italian printmaker, painter, and a pioneer of the still life genre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fede_Galizia

Cherries in a Silver Compote / 1610 / Oil on Panel / 11”x16.5”

March 6~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Marietta Robusti (c.1555/1560-1590)
Venetian painter of the Renaissance period; daughter of Tintoretto
https://bit.ly/3mbq8tC

Portrait of Ottavio Strada / 1567-1568 / Oil on canvas / 50”x40”

Esther Inglis (1571-1624)
Scottish embroiderer, calligrapher, & miniaturist
https://collation.folger.edu/2012/02/spotlight-on-a-calligrapher/

Portrait in Cinquante Octonaires / 1607 / Royal Collection Trust

March 5~ Women’s History Month in visual arts

Lavinia Fontana (1552-1614)
Among the first women to execute publicly commissioned figure paintings
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lavinia-Fontana

Jesus Appears to Mary Magdalene / 1581 / Oil on canvas / 31”x25”

 

Xue Susu (c.1564-c.1650)
Chinese courtesan, painter, and poet, noted for her skill at mounted archery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xue_Susu

Flowers / 1615 / Handscroll; Ink on paper / 10 1/4”x249”