The Monstrous Regiment of Women

Marietta Robusti, la Tintoretta (death of her father, 31 May 1594) Marietta Robusti was the daughter of a famous father, the Venetian pain...

Angélique-Louise Verrier (born 25 October 1762) Until recently, so little was known about the painter Angélique-Louise Verrier that th...

Rosalba Carriera (born 7 October 1675) Born in Venice, Rosalba Carriera was the daughter of Andrea Carriera, a government clerk, and h...

Michaelina Wautier (c. 1617-1689) One year from today, on 1 June 2018, the Rubens House museum (Antwerp) will open the first survey exh...

Elizabeth Thompson, Lady Butler (3 November 1846 -2 October 1933) My son recently sent me a link to the first episode of Malcolm Gladw...

Barbara Longhi (died 23 December 1638) Although she lived--and presumably painted--until she was eighty-six years old, only fifteen sur...

Louise Moillon (died 21 December 1696) Born in Paris in 1609, Louise Moillon was the daughter of the artist Nicolas Moillon (1555-1619)...

Sofonisba Anguissola (died 16 November 1625) Born in Cremona, Italy, probably about 1532, Sofonisba Anguissola was the eldest of seven ...

Angelica Kauffman (born 30 October 1741) If yesterday's "prodigy," Anna Maria Mozart (1751-1829), was denied a career tha...