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WOMEN ARTISTS
I tell you again - and don't doubt the contrary - if it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would learn as thoroughly and understand the subtleties of all the arts and sciences as well as sons.
From Christine de Pisan, Book of the City of Ladies
PLAUTILLA NELLI

Plautilla Nelli, Santa Caterina with Lily, 1550-88
PROPERZIA DE' ROSSI

Properzia de' Rossi, Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, ca. 1520
CATHARINA VAN HEMESSEN

Catharina van Hemessen, Self-Portrait at the Easel, 1548
SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA

Sofonisba Anguissola, The Game of Chess, 1555
MARIETTA ROBUSTI

Marietta Robusti, Self-Portrait with Madigral, ca. 1578
BARBARA LONGHI

Barbara Longhi, Madonna and Child, ca. 1580-85
FEDE GALIZIA

Fede Galizia, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1596
ARTEMESIA GENTILESCHI

Artemesia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1615-17
CLARA PEETERS

Clara Peeters, Table with a cloth, salt cellar, gilt tazza, pie, jug, porcelain dish with olives, and roast fowl, ca. 1611
JUDITH LEYSTER

Judith Leyster, Self-Portrait, ca. 1630
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