Erika Gaffney

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If you haven’t already, make sure to register ASAP for #Shax2026! This helps us manage demands on staff labor in the weeks before & at the conference.

Once you’ve registered, book your room at the Denver Hyatt to ensure you get the low room block rate!

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✨Join Han Lamers and me for the next #EarlyModernHellenism Colloquium. We will be hosting Alexander Batson 'Recovering a Usable Past: The Renaissance Reconstruction of Ancient Athenian Law, 1546-1650'
📍 Via zoom (link below)
📆 12 March, 15:00-16:00 CET
👉 Register: nettskjema.no/a/hellenism#...

We are delighted to announce the winner of the WHN Book Prize. The judges chose Female Servants in Early Modern England by @charmianmansell.bsky.social

The highly readable & engaging book, interrogates long-standing assumptions about the domesticity & constraints of women’s lives in service.

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age | Artnet News At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.

Meet the Forgotten Women of the Flemish Golden Age
At the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, a new exhibition uncovers a long-forgotten 17th-century creative economy.
by Jo Lawson-Tancred
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A medieval artwork depicting the Madonna and Child; the Madonna holds her left hand up toward her chest, holding a peach between her thumb and forefinger. The Madonna is painted half-length, wearing a red dress with a gold collar, and a bright blue head covering. Over the head covering is a gold crown, surrounded by a halo. All around the circumference of the halo are gold stars. The Child is portrayed upright, with his mother's right arm curving around behind him to hold him at the front. He reaches across her with his right hand to grasp her veil. His right hand is lifted in benediction. He wears a carmine-colored necklace of beads from which dangles a cross of the same material. He too has a gold crown and halo. He is swaddled in a cloth of orange or gold with red trim.

The Virgin Mary with Christ Child and Fruit / Madonna of the Peach, c. 1440?, by #CaterinadeVigri (or #CaterinaVigri, #StCatherineofBologna; Italian, 1413-1463). Location unknown; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ca... #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists

A gold-framed half-length portrait of a girl with powdered hair, seated. on her left arm hangs an open basket full of fruit, probably apples. Her right arm is bent to hold a lapdog with brown eyes and very long white and brown hair (shih tzu?). Her gown is light blue with darker blue stripes on the sleeves; there is white lace at the low, rounded neckline and at the ends of the sleeves.

Augustine-Suzanne Roslin (1760-1831), 1771, by #MarieSuzanneGiroust (#MadameRoslin; French, 1734-72), who was born #otd, Mar 9. Held by Nationalmuseum; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Au... #womenartists #artherstory

Museum Acquisitions in 2025 of Art by Early Modern Women An overview of recent acquisitions by museums of paintings, drawings and sculptures by women of the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

Recent Museum Acquisitions of Art by Early Modern Women

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Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025 The post revisits sales at auction in 2025 of works by European women artists of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Early Modern Women Artists at Auction in 2025
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A brightly colored painting of the sisters playing chess in period clothes as per the description in the post. National Museum, Poznań, Poland, oil on canvas, image in the public domain. #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #herstory 🖼️

Timeless sibling interaction on International Women’s Day.
The oldest sister Lucia (left) smugly winning, the middle sister Minerva (right) wondering how, & the youngest sister Europa (center) giggling at her sister’s expense. Painted by their talented artist sister Sofonisba Anguissola in 1555.

For International Woman’s Day, a thread.

Six Art Herstory card designs - each reproducing a still life by a historic woman artist - arranged a detail of a pink-fronted birthday cake with a lit pink candle in the shape of the number 7. The cluster of images is surrounded with a magenta frame, of which the bottom is thicker than the top and sides because it contains the Art Herstory logo (in a slightly darker shade of pink than the background).

7 years ago on this day, #ArtHerstory launched! In appreciation of the Art Herstory community, we offer a 20% discount on all Art Herstory products, March 8-15. See/shop the full line at artherstory.net/shop/ or at our Etsy store, www.etsy.com/shop/ArtHers.... Apply this code at checkout: IWD2026

Sofonisba Anguissola Commemorative Journal | Art Herstory The post describes a blank journal commemorating the 400th anniversary of Sofonisba Anguissola's passing, and explores her relevance today.

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A picture of a coloring book page with a portrait of a woman in a hat from Tamara Lempicka, sitting on a black-clothed table with markers and a glass mug of coffee. The photo includes a hand holding a marker against the page.

Photo of a pair of Maud Lewis socks featuring her iconic black cats against a green footbed and an aqua blue cuff / welt.

Friends, #IWD is the perfect day to mention, you don't want to miss Today is Art Day's Women in Art collection -
www.todayisartday.com/collections/...

You will find figurines, puzzles, games, journals, bookmarks, socks, magnets, pins, stickers and more!

Front cover of a journal - it depicts an oval self-portrait of the young Sofonisba Anguissola holding a gold medallion with a monogram. The background is black. At the bottom, the attached ribbon bookmark is visible emerging from the book.

The 20% off sale applies even to Art Herstory's Sofonisba Anguissola blank lined journal, which commemorates the 400th anniversary (in Nov 2025) of the artist's passing in 1625. The journal will never be more affordable!

Available at

www.etsy.com/listing/4383...

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Graphic for International Women’s Day with the text “Read Women. Study Women. Celebrate Women.” and a badge reading “Available as Open Access.” At the bottom, a colorful illustration shows a diverse group of women standing side by side, representing different generations and backgrounds.

Looking for something to read on International Women’s Day?

Explore our open access books on women and music, women’s work in the 20th century, the history of feminism, and more.

📚https://www.aup.nl/en/promotion/international-womens-day

#InternationalWomensDay #OpenAccess #WomensHistory

6 Art Herstory card designs - each reproducing a still life by a historic woman artist - arranged around an orange bloc out of which the text "Art Herstory - Etsy - 20% off sale!" is reversed out.

Happy International Women's Day! In honor of the occasion, all Art Herstory products are on sale at a 20% discount for a week (from today through Sunday, March 15). Apply this code at checkout: IWD2026

Shop at artherstory.net/shop/

or at our Etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/ArtHers...

#IWD2026

Lets put a spotlight on Maria Sibylla Merian, a German naturalist and artist. She was famous for her detailed illustrations of insects and plants, and her pioneering work in entomology. 

👁️ https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/stories/10-things/story/maria-sibylla-merian-en

Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

This painting is on view in the exhibition "Unforgettable: Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750," which opened today at MSK Gent, www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

In this oil painting, at the base of a pillar in an outdoor setting, a red, green and yellow parrot leans in from the upper left toward berries, a bunch of green grapes, and some flowers and foliage sitting atop an earthenware or metal urn.

Still Life with Parrot, 1661, by #MariaTheresiaVanThielen (Flemish, 1640–1706), who was born #otd, Mar 7. Held by @milwaukeeart.bsky.social, collection.mam.org/details.php?...

#womenartists #artherstory

Painting of woman focused on doing needlework by candlelight while a man, standing too closely, tries to talk to her.

From this exhibition. “Young woman being harassed by a man.”

Opening tomorrow in Ghent: Unforgettable, a major exhibition at the MSK on women artists of the 17th-century Low Countries. More than 150 works reveal how painters, sculptors and lace-makers helped shape the Golden Age - even if art history later forgot them.

Three book covers side by side - Clara Peeters at left, Gesina ter Borch in the middle and Maria Sibylla Merian at right.

A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists
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The volumes displayed here are among the latest in the book series "Illuminating Women Artists," co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Publications, www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

8 front covers of children's books about women artists, arranged in 2 rows of 4 covers each.

This Women's History Month, are you looking for books for young readers about #womenartists? Visit #ArtHerstory's regularly updated post:

Recent Books for Young Readers About Women Artists
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A book cover, the primary image of which is a leafy plant with a caterpillar crawling up the stem, and a purplish butterfly in the upper right corner. The title is written vertically down the right edge in green text. The author's name is presented in brown text across the bottom.

Book front cover featuring plant, butterflies and a chrysalis (?). Title, author and publisher info are presented toward the bottom in black type within a white box. The picture presents an oblique view of the spine.

There is an accessible, beautifully illustrated new book about the artist in the series #IlluminatingWomenArtists:

Maria Sibylla Merian,
by Catherine Powell-Warren
www.lundhumphries.com/collections/...

shop.getty.edu/products/mar...

Co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social & Getty Pubs

Detailed illustration of a ripe pineapple with green leaves, surrounded by butterflies, a caterpillar, and small red insects on a light background.

When women were expected to paint flowers as decoration, Maria Merian chose to study them.

Read 👉 https://artuk.org/discover/stories/maria-sibylla-merian-butterflies-botanicals-and-the-birth-of-scientific-illustration

#WomensHistoryMonth #IWD

Maria Merian (1647-1717) 📷 Royal College of Physicians

Enchanted Wood How women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary landscape of modern Britain Amid the austerities of Depression-era publishing in Britain, urb...

Joan Hassall is 1 of 4 #womenartists featured in

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain,
by Kristen Bluemel, www.upress.umn.edu/978151791477...
@uminnpress.bsky.social, 2026

#womenartists #artherstory

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.

For more perspective on this topic, see

"A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists"
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Dutch and Flemish Women Artists | A Major Art Exhibition at NMWA This post describes, discusses and illustrates the 2025 art exhibition "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750" in Washington DC.

For thoughts on the earlier iteration of the show "Unforgettable," see

Dutch and Flemish Women Artists—A Major Exhibition at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, by Erika Gaffney
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These women were Golden Age masters — why have they been ignored by art historians? An ambitious exhibition highlights the glory of Low Countries artists still ripe for rediscovery, centuries after their first fame

These women were Golden Age masters — why have they been ignored by art historians?
An ambitious exhibition highlights the glory of Low Countries artists still ripe for rediscovery, centuries after their first fame
by Kristina Foster for @financialtimes.com

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