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Celebrating women artists, past & present. Visit http://artherstory.net! Instagram, artherstorynotes. Online store at https://artherstory.net/shop/
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The Art Herstory cards are beautiful!
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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#ArtHerstory offers 29 different note cards that reproduce works by #womenartists from the 16th-18th century! And our 7 different holiday cards reproduce works by women artists through the C19th & 20th.

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A grid of front covers of Art Herstory still life cards, all surrounding an Etsy-orange square with text in white announcing Art Herstory's Etsy store.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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New on the Women'n Art blog -

Illuminating Women Artists Books – 2nd Review
by Natasha Moura

Natasha shares her thoughts about two new series titles: Josefa de Óbidos and Maria Sibylla Merian

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The series is co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications
Illuminating Women Artists’ Books – 2nd Review
Hi there, I am so excited to share this with you, I was invited, again, by Lund Humphries to make a review with my impressions on other two titles of the beautiful book series Illuminating Women Ar…
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November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Black Jezebel Butterfly, n.d., by #HelenaScottForde (Australian, 1832-1910), who died #otd (Nov 24). Source, theguardian.com/artanddesign... #artherstory #womenartists #hernaturalhistory
November 24, 2023 at 3:41 PM
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Still life of birds, including a marsh tit, chiffchaff, chaffinch, blue tits, goldcrest, lapwing & a great tit, n.d., by #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Included in Sotheby’s auction, Dec 4, www.sothebys.com/en/buy/aucti..., estimate £40K–60K #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists
A painted study against a brown background of 11 birds, some in flight, some alighted, and one apparently dead; and a sprig with 4 flower (primula?) blossoms, 2 snails and a bee.
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...
Exhibition poster for Gesina & Being Seen exhibition at Academiehuis Grote Kerk Zwolle Title banner for Rachel Ruysch exhibition at MFA Boston Title panel at entrance to "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The skeleton was at some point overpainted. It was restored in 1990.
The Last Drop with the skeleton replaced by a candle
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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🚨 New Modern Art Notes Podcast!

Allan Rohan Crite at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Boston Athenaeum; Gabriele Münter at the Guggenheim!

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November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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The Last Drop / The Gay Cavalier, c. 1629, by #JudithLeyster (Dutch, 1609–1660). Held by the Phila Museum of Art, philamuseum.org/collections/...; on view now in "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, nmwa.org/exhibitions/... #womenartists #artherstory
A painting of two young men carousing. One of them, in blue pants and a purple or brown jacket, sits on a stool. His head is tilted back as he drinks from a bottle he tips up with his right hand. At the right, the young man in red pants, a red jacket, and a white blouse with a black vest, holds a smoking pipe in his upraised left hand, while his left holds a covered stein by its base, so that the lid dangles toward the floor. At the back of the painting, between the two human figures, stands a skelton, bending forward, cradling a human skull in its left hand, and raising an hourglass over its head with its right hand.
November 23, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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#ICYMI, here's Marie Bashkirseff's Late Autumn, along with a self-portrait to celebrate that she was #BOTD in 1858.
November 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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This month marks the 400th anniv of the passing of Sofonisba Anguissola. Art Herstory commemorates the moment with a (very) limited edition hard cover journal.

Order your copy at artherstory.net/product/sofo...

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Art Herstory's new Sofonisba Anguissola journal laid on top of a festive seasonal evergreen wreath decorated with red berries, pinecones, sprigs of mistletoe, and some small green Christmas balls with gold tops. The journal cover reproduces an oval self-portrait of the young Sofonisba Anguissola holding a gold medallion with a monogram. The background around the oval-shaped painting is black.
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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#SaintCecilia, 1854, by #FrancescaAlexander (American, 1837-1917). @wellesley.edu Special Collections; reproduced in "The Art and Life of Francesca Alexander: 1837-1917," by Jacqueline Marie Musacchio,
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A drawing of a woman from about the waist up, contained in a pale colored circle of paper. She has a halo and flowers in her hair. Her hands are in front of her; the left hand is slightly above the right, and holds a martyr's palm. The description in the book informs the reader that it is a drawing of, “Thomas Ball’s wife Ellen Louisa Wild in the guise of Saint Cecilia, in three-quarter view from the waist up; she holds the palm of martyrdom and wears a floral wreath, a simple halo around her head and a view of a landscape with a church and belltower behind her. In her usual style, Fanny [Francesca Alexander, the artist] only outlined the body but focused attention on her sitter’s head with precisely rendered eyelashes, hair and wreath.”The circular artwork is mounted on a darker brown vertical rectangle of paper, on which appears two lines of handwritten text. The top line is "Santa Cecilia Martire"; the text of the 2nd line is not entirely legible.
November 22, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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#StCecilia with Book and Palm Frond within an initial letter V, c. 1513, by #EufrasiaBurlamacchi (Italian, c.1482-1548). From “Eufrasia Burlamacchi,” by Loretta Vandi, www.lundhumphries.com/products/euf... #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists #FeastofStCecilia #SaintCecilia
A manuscript illumination of a haloed female figure within an initial letter V. She wears a sea-green gown and a rust-colored cloak. Her left elbow is bent so that her forearm is in front of her; in her left hand she holds a blue book. Her right elbow is bent so that her forearm is held upward, parallel to her body; in her right hand she holds a martyr's palm. The letter V, decorated with leaves, is contained within a square with a background of gold paint.
November 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Tal día como hoy 22 de noviembre 👇
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Ilustraciones botánicas, 1903 Tal día como hoy 22 de noviembre nació la aristócrata y artista aficionada angloirlandesa Katherine Plunket (1820 – 1932) Eléboro, s/d Tal día como hoy 22 de noviembre nació la artista botánica irlandesa Lydia Shackleton (1828 –1914) Sous les Pommiers, s/d Tal día como hoy 22 de noviembre nació la pintora luso- brasileña Julie de Cistello ( 1853–1932) Autorretrato, 1980 Tal día como hoy 22 de noviembre nació la pintora francesa Consuelo Fould (1862- 1927)
November 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Artemisia Gentileschi Christmas Cards
Adoration of the Magi, Boxed Set

Cards are A7 format - 5x7" - on 12 pt stock

For more info visit etsy.me/49BriaA
A photo of a boxed set of holiday cards featuring Artemisia Gentileschi's Adoration of the Magi painting. The cards are packaged in a clear box, with a red metallic stretch band showing at top left (with a bow) and bottom right. A holiday card depicting The Adoration of the Magi, with a holiday red envelope tucked behind the card.
November 22, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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#FeastofStCecilia #StCecilia
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Opening today in Naples!

Women in Spanish Naples: Another 17th Century
Gallerie d’Italia Naples; Nov 20, 2025–March 22, 2026
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Santa Cecilia, c 1645-1650, The John and Mable Rinqlinq Museum of Art. Attr in the exhibition to Artemisia Gentileschi.
An oil painting of a seated white woman in a gold gown with white sleeves and trim, with a rich royal blue cloak across her left thigh. Her left hand holds up a violin, which she plays with the bow in her right hand. She gazes upward and over her left shoulder. On the ground at her left side is a small booklet of music, open to show the notes of the song she plays.
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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#SaintCecilia with Two Angels, c. 1660/61, by #GesinaTerBorch (Dutch, 1631-1690). Held by Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum, www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collectio... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastOfStCecilia #StCeciliaFeastDay
A chalk-on-paper depiction of a majestic Cecilia in a long gown, the patron saint of music, playing the organ. The saint is attended by two angels who take an active music-making role. The angel on the left sings along attentively and the winged boy on the right operates the bellows.
November 22, 2024 at 2:43 PM
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#SaintCecilia with an Angel, c. 1630-40, by #DianaDiRosa (Italian, 1602–1643). Held by / on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, collections.mfa.org/objects/7045...; source, www.latribunedelart.com/boston-buys-... #FeastOfStCecilia #StCeciliaFeastDay #womenartists #artherstory
November 22, 2023 at 5:33 PM
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Artemisia Gentileschi in 10 Paintings
by Candy Bedworth for @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social
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Artemisia Gentileschi in 10 Paintings
Let's look at 10 paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi, the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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To celebrate Angelican Kauffman's birthday @dailyartmagazine.bsky.social have got a whole host of stories including my look at this epic self-portrait www.dailyartmagazine.com/angelica-kau...
Masterpiece Story: Self-Portrait of the Artist Hesitating Between the Arts of Music and Painting by Angelica Kauffman
Angelica Kauffman was internationally acclaimed as a history and portrait painter, let's discover her self-portraits.
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October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...

A post about exhibitions of art in the last 12 months - as well as new books, and acquisitions and auction news - to do with early modern Dutch and Flemish women artists.
9 artworks by Dutch or Flemish women artists, arranged in 3 rows of 3 images each. There are 3 works that portray human figures, including 2 self portraits; and 6 floral or botanical still lifes. All of these images are reproduced on Art Herstory note cards.
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Talking Tudors Episode 323 - The Brilliant Mind of Anna Maria van Schurman with Anne Larsen & Steve Maiullo
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While the conversation does not discuss her art, it covers other topics, including her exceptional education, advocacy for women’s learning, etc.
A long narrow rectangular podcast banner showing a portion of a portrait of the artist, with the podcast title and guest names in white text
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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Christie’s 21st-Century Evening Sale Sets Auction Records for Three Women Artists
The night’s highest price among the three came for Olga de Amaral whose previous auction record more than doubled.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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A 1940 surrealistic self-portrait by Frida Kahlo sold for $54.7 million, a record for the Mexican artist.
Frida Kahlo Portrait Sells for $54.7 Million, Breaking Her Auction Record
The surrealistic self-portrait was made in 1940, a turbulent year in Kahlo’s life as her health and marriage deteriorated.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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What a pleasure last weekend to view "A Feast of Fruit and Flowers," which recently opened at The Hyde Collection!

Look for our thoughts on this show on the Art Herstory blog in the near future. But for now: see the show if you have the opportunity!

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Opening signage for the exhibition- text of the title in white, subtitle in yellow text on a mulberry-colored wall. The wall is draped at the top with green and yellow artificial foliage. A framed still life painting on a mulberry colored wall, next to a pink wall plaque with white text. Two framed still life floral drawings on a mulberry colored wall, each next to a pink wall plaque with white text.
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 AM