by Erika Gaffney | Mar 13, 2021 | News/Blog
Coinciding with International Women’s Day 2021, the Rijksmuseum puts works by women artists on permanent display in its most prominent gallery Gallery caption: Staff hang work by Judith Leyster, Gesina ter Borch, and Rachel Ruysch in the Rijksmuseum’s...
by wpengine | Feb 23, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Maryse Dekker, student of art history, the University of Amsterdam As the first female student of the Netherlands, Anna Maria van Schurman built quite a reputation as an intellectual in the seventeenth century. She knew multiple ancient and modern...
by wpengine | Feb 8, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Nina Reid, MA student of Art History, University of Amsterdam Today marks the 255-year anniversary of the death of flower painter Catharina Backer (Amsterdam 1689–Leiden 1766). She grew up surrounded by her father’s great art collection and was spoon-fed...
by wpengine | Jan 26, 2021 | News/Blog
Maria Sibylla Merian’s Artistic Entomology Guest post by Kay Etheridge, Gettysburg College; with translations from German by Michael Ritterson Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian at 32, 1679, attributed to Jacob Marrel. Kunstmuseum, Basel....
by wpengine | Jan 5, 2021 | News/Blog
Guest post by Lisa Kirch, University of North Alabama Figure 1. Kitten’s Game, by Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, c. 1860–78, oil on panel, 32.8 x 45.2 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum. Introduction: Following Women Artists across the Year Its tip vermilion, a cigar glows...