Becoming Painters: Women's Education and Pratice in Early Modern Europe

edited by Cynthia Osiecki, Patrizia Cavazzini, and Kristian Wikborg Wiese

Nasjonalmuseet, 2026

192 pages, profusely illustrated. Hardback. 21 x 27cms.

A look at the careers of twenty women artists active in Italy and Northern Europe between 1550 and 1650. Five essays discuss the forms of artistic education available to women, including training in the family workshop, education in guilds and convents, and occasional formal academic training; a focused study of the careers of Sofanisba Anguissola, Lavinia Fontana, and Artemesia Gentileschi; an exploration of sources for Fontana's 'Minerva in the Act of Dressing' in the collection of the Galleria Borghese. Followed by a catalogue of 82 paintings divided into five thematic sections. 

Ref: 126529

£40.00

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