About Judith Leyster
Dutch · 1609–1660 · Baroque
signing with a star, suing Frans Hals, painting seven brilliant years, then vanishing into her husband's workshop until 1893 proved the paintings were hers
Read full biography →Judith Leyster's works are held in 21 museums worldwide, including Munich Central Collecting Point, Rijksmuseum, and Nationalmuseum.
🇦🇹 Austria
1 museum
Also in AustriaFührermuseum (1)
Judith Leyster prints
Hand-finished archival prints from Judith Leyster's body of work.
🇫🇷 France
3 museums
Also in FranceLouvre (2)Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (1)Charles Sedelmeyer collection (1)
🇩🇪 Germany
3 museums
Also in GermanyMunich Central Collecting Point (4)Gemäldegalerie Berlin (1)Hessen Kassel Heritage (1)
🇮🇪 Ireland
1 museum
Also in IrelandNational Gallery of Ireland (1)
🇮🇹 Italy
1 museum
Also in ItalyGalleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (1)
🇳🇱 Netherlands
2 museums
Also in NetherlandsRijksmuseum (4)Mauritshuis (1)
🇸🇪 Sweden
1 museum
Also in SwedenNationalmuseum (2)
🇨🇭 Switzerland
1 museum
Also in SwitzerlandKunst Museum Winterthur | Reinhart am Stadtgarten (1)
🇬🇧 United Kingdom
2 museums
Also in United KingdomNational Gallery (1)Royal Collection (1)
🇺🇸 United States
6 museums
Also in United StatesNational Gallery of Art (2)Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1)Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1)Art Institute of Chicago (1)Museo de Arte de Worcester (1)Metropolitan Museum of Art (1)
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Where did Judith Leyster live?
Judith Leyster was born in Haarlem in 1609, where she lived. She was accepted as a member of the Haarlem Guild of Painters.Who was Judith Leyster?
Judith Leyster was a Dutch painter, born in Haarlem in 1609. She was one of the few women to be accepted as a member of the Haarlem Guild of Painters.Who is Judith Leyster?
Judith Leyster was a Dutch painter born in Haarlem in 1609. She was one of the few women accepted as a member of the Haarlem Guild of Painters.When was Judith Leyster rediscovered?
According to the text, around 1842, Thoré-Biirger saw A View of Delft at the Mauritshuis in The Hague for the first time. He compared Vermeer, an artist heretofore all but unknown to him.Who did Judith Leyster study under?
Paintings by Judith Leyster and her husband Jan Miense Molenaer could not have developed without intimate knowledge of Frans Hals's pictures. Though seventeenth-century sources fail to link her to his workshop, it is likely she studied with him.Who did Judith Leyster marry?
Judith Leyster married the painter Jan Miense Molenaer in 1636. After their marriage, she stopped signing her work and likely contributed to her husband's workshop.Why did Judith Leyster paint a self portrait?
Judith Leyster seems to have painted her self-portrait for self-promotional purposes. She is depicted as if interrupted while painting a fiddler, holding the tools of her trade and dressed in fine clothing.Why did Judith Leyster paint a self-portrait?
Judith Leyster seems to have painted her self-portrait for self-promotional purposes. She is depicted as if interrupted while painting a fiddler, holding the tools of her trade and dressed in fine clothing.
Sources
Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Judith Leyster's works across the following collections.
- [1] book Lilian H. Zirpolo, Historical Dictionary of Baroque Art and Architecture Used for: biography.
- [2] book Masterpieces of western art : a history of art in 900 individual studies from the Gothic to the present day Used for: biography.
- [3] book Hodge, Susie, 1960- author, The short story of women artists : a pocket guide to movements, works, breakthroughs, & themes Used for: biography.
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