by artherstory | Oct 12, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Anna Pratley, MA student, the Warburg Institute, London Feature image: Susannah Penelope Rosse, Mrs. Vrybergen, ca. 1690. Watercolor on vellum put down on a leaf from a table-book, 70 x 57 mm. Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 455–1892. In a quiet,...
by artherstory | May 28, 2024 | News/Blog
Guest post by Lesley Stevenson, London Metropolitan University Louise Moillon, Basket of Damsons, 1629, private collection; source, Wikipedia Lowizo de Molyne, Lousea Mullon, Loweza Mollon: who was Louise Moillon? On the second floor of the Louvre Museum is...
by artherstory | May 14, 2024 | News/Blog
by Erika Gaffney, Art Herstory Founder There is exciting news from Montreal—the city’s Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is shining a spotlight on early modern European women artists in its collection! Spotlight: Women Artists in the Early Modern European Art...
by artherstory | Apr 30, 2024 | News/Blog
From the Connoisseur’s Collection to the Global Museum Blockbuster Guest post by Christopher R. Marshall, the University of Melbourne Fig. 1, Artemisia Gentileschi, Susanna and the Elders, oil on canvas, 161.5 x 123 cm., The Burghley House Collection, signed...
by artherstory | Nov 8, 2023 | News/Blog
A New Acquisition for the National Gallery of Ireland Guest post by Lizzie Marx, Curator of Dutch and Flemish Art at the National Gallery of Ireland An Animate Still Life In 1742, when Dutch artist Rachel Ruysch was 78 or 79, she painted the delightful...