Michaelina Wautier, 1614-1689 : glorifying a forgotten talent / Katlijne Van der Stighelen ; with contributions by Gerlinde Gruber, Martha Howell, Jahel Sanzsalazar, Francesca Del Torre Scheuch, Ben van Beneden, Katijne Van der Stighelen, Martine van Elk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stighelen, Katlijne van der, author.

Gruber, Gerlinde, author.

Howell, Martha C., author.

Sanzsalazar, Jahel, author.

Del Torre Scheuch, Francesca, author.

Beneden, Ben van, author.

Contributor:

Wautier, Michaelina, 1604-1689, artist.

Museum aan de Stroom (Antwerp, Belgium), host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wautier, Michaelina, 1604-1689--Exhibitions.

Wautier, Michaelina.

Painting, European--17th century.

Painting, European.

Women artists--Europe--17th century.

Women artists.

Europe.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

323 pages : illustrations (colour), maps, portraits ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Glorifying a Forgotten Talent

Michaelina

Michaelina : Barqoue's leading lady.

Place of Publication:

[Wommelgem, Belgium] : BAI Publishers, [2018]

Summary:

In Antwerp in the summer of 2018 the MAS, in collaboration with the Rubens House, will be organizing a first-ever monographic exhibition of the forgotten female artist Michaelina Wautier (1614-89). She was born in Mons but developed her career in Brussels, where she was working in around 1650. The artist maintained contacts with the court of the Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria who had four of her works in his collection. We know of some thirty paintings and one drawing by her hand. More than a third of these are signed in full and dated. Wautier painted masterful historical pieces, incisive portraits, endearing genre scenes and tranquil flower arrangements. There is no doubt that she displayed a ground-breaking versatility. Challenging themes, masterly techniques and a grand scale are all characteristic of her work. All her pieces were produced between 1643 and 1659. Her masterpiece is undoubtedly The Triumph of Bacchus held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Michaelina Wautier appears in the painting as a seminude bacchante and is the only one of the figures present to look directly at the viewer.

Contents:

Prologue: The Wonder of Michaelina / Ben Van Beneden

Growing up with Eight Brohters: A Biographical Exploration / Katlijne Van Der Stighelen

Forgotten Glory, Flawed Strategy?: The Laborious Rediscovery of Michaelina Wautier / Katlijne Van Der Stighelen

'L'abondance & la diversité': The Gallery of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm / Gerlinde Gruber, Francesca del Torre Scheuch

The Influence of Others: The Wautiers, David Teniers and Archduke Leopold Wilhelm's Theatrum Pictorium / Jahel Sanzsalazar

Between Tradition and Invention: The Adaptability of Early-Modern Female Artists / Katlijne Van Der Stighelen

Michaelina Wautier and Working Women in Early-Modern Europe / Martha Howell

'Blessed art thou, Reader, if you are not of that sex': Public Femininity in the Seventeenth Century / Martine Van Elk

Michaelina's Versatile Hand: A Career without Beginning or End? / Katlijne Van Der Stighelen

Catalogue

Genealogical Table: Descendants of Charles Wautier

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Michaelina. Baroque's Leading Lady' at Museum aan de Stroom (MAS), Antwerp, 1 June-2 September 2018."--colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 312-320) and index.

ISBN:

9789085867630

9085867630

OCLC:

1031438767