by wpengine | Dec 1, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Kathleen E. Kennedy, Associate Professor, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bristol Portrait miniature, 1534, by Hans Holbein; may be Susanna Horenbout (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna; source, Wikipedia) Susanna Horenbout (c. 1500–c. 1554)...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 29, 2019 | News/Blog
Visit your local museum store on December 1, and #BeAPatron Don’t miss an exclusive shopping experience: Museum Store Sunday is coming up this weekend! For the third year in a row, museum gift shops around the world present you with a one-of-a-kind shopping...
by wpengine | Nov 25, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Angela Ghirardi, Professor of the History of Art at the University of Bologna until 2018 Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia—or simply Sister Orsola, as she signs herself in one instance, in the 1648 altarpiece discussed below—was an Ursuline nun. She...
by wpengine | Nov 16, 2019 | News/Blog
Guest post by Ann Golob, Researcher, Advancing Women Artists The eighteenth century was a time of tremendous change in Florence, Italy. Politically, the Medici era was coming to an end and the basic infrastructure of the city was in a state of decline. Florence—like...
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 15, 2019 | News/Blog
Look for Art Herstory Female Old Master 6-packs at SLAM A view of SLAM’s main museum shop The lovely shops at the Saint Louis Art Museum now carry Art Herstory boxed sets of note cards. Each set contains six note cards, envelopes, and Art Herstory logo seals....
by Erika Gaffney | Nov 14, 2019 | News/Blog
Art Herstory Christmas card, featuring The Nativity of Christ, 1620-25, by Orsola Maddalena Caccia. Art Herstory announces its first Christmas card, which features a Nativity by Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676). Born Theodora Caccia, Suor Orsola Maddalena was a nun...
