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Still Life with Fruit, Cardoon & Carrots, c. 1680, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684), baptized #otd, Feb 20. Held by the Embassy of Portugal to the USA; source, exh catalog, host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration...

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A vertically narrow rectangular still life painting of fruits and vegetables on a wood or stone surface. At left on a plate is a cardoon in front of a pear. In front of the plate, sitting directly on the surface, is a slice of lemon or orange and a couple of carrots with fronts still attached. At right is fruit (oranges?) in a bowl lined with a white cloth that spills out from the bowl onto the table. The cloth is edged with semi-circles of lace. There are little white flowers on stems sprinkled through the vegetable and fruits.
February 20, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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The #Annunciation, early 1500s, by #ProperziaDeRossi (Italian, c. 1490–1530), who died around this day, Feb 20. Held at Bologna's Museo Civico Medievale; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Po...

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A circular marble relief carved with a depiction of the Annunciation. At the right is the facade of a building, in front of which stands Gabriel with his right hand raised above his head and his left hand extended in front of him. He faces Mary, who at the right kneels under a canopy, on a prie-dieu on which is propped a book. In the air between the two figures are four flowers on stems. Above the flowers at the top of the roundel is a cloud which might contain cherubim.
February 20, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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#Art: Enter Paradise I (2020)
#Artist: #ZandileTshabalala (b. 1999; #🇿🇦)
#ArtMovement/Style: #Figurativism #Contemporary
Genre: #Portraiture
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
60 x 70 cm (23.62 x 27.55 in)

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February 20, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Giovanna Garzoni’s Portrait of Zaga Christ (Ṣägga Krǝstos)
by Alexandra Letvin for the #ArtHerstory blog
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Giovanna Garzoni's 17th-century Miniature Portrait of Zaga Christ
Alexandra Letvin discusses the context surrounding Giovanna Garzoni's 17th-century miniature portrait of the Ethiopian traveler Zaga Christ.
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February 19, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Portrait of a courtesan with a lapdog, n.d., by #MargarethaWulfraet (Dutch, 1678-1760), who was born #otd, Feb 19. Adriaen van Doorn Collection; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ma...

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A painting of a brown-haired, white-skinned woman wearing a headdress with white feathers. She is gowned but bare- breasted. Her body is turned sideways as she gestures with her hands toward the small black-and-white dog standing on a little table beside her. Her head turns over her left shoulder toward the viewer, tipped at a coy angle.
February 19, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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#Art: Nate, Chey (2025)
#Artist: #JenniferPacker (b. 1984)
#ArtMovement/Style: #FigurativeAbstraction #Contemporary
Genre: #Portraiture
Medium: Oil on canvas
172.7 × 228.9 cm (68 × 90 ⅛ in)

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February 19, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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#Painting: Blur Coffee (2024)
#Artist: #GuimiYou (b. 1985; #🇰🇷)
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Medium: on linen
165.2 x 203.2 cm. (65 x 80 in)

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February 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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New post on the #ArtHerstory blog!

Recent Museum Acquisitions of Art by Early Modern Women
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In which we review last year's acquisitions by museums of paintings, drawings and sculptures by women of the 16th, 17th & 18th centuries ...
A grid of sculptures, drawings, or paintings by early modern women, arranged in two rows of three images each.
February 17, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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Still Life with Flowers and Insects, c.1660, by #CatharinaYkens (Flemish, 1615–after 1665). Held by The Phoebus Foundation, phoebusfoundation.org/en/agenda/wo... #womenartists #artherstory
A still life painting of two groups of flowers on a stone surface next to the bottom of a column. In the middle of the painting is a bouquet of tall flowers and some fruits (maybe yellow apples?) in a copper or metallic urn. There's one bright red flower among pink, white or yellow blossoms. Next to the urn is a shallow open basket full of pink roses and other flowers. Several loose flowers on stems sit directly on the stone in front of the copper urn. There is a butterfly on the column; and on the stone surface holding the flowers there's a snail and a butterfly or moth.
February 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Discovering Early Modern Women Artists in Iberia
by Cathy Hall-van den Elsen for the #ArtHerstory blog
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Women Artists in Iberia | A Process of Rediscovery
Cathy Hall-van den Elsen provides insight into the process of rediscovering the names, works and stories of historic women artists in Iberia.
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February 17, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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#Art: Le Flou à l'interieure de toi (2025)
#Artist: #AméliePeace (b. 1997; #🇫🇷)
#ArtMovement/Style: #Figurativism
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
(140 × 120 × 5 cm) 55 1/10 × 47 1/5 × 2 in

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February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Chinese Plate with Artichokes and Strawberries, c. 1655–62, by Giovanna Garzoni. Held by the Gallerie degli Uffizi; source, “The grandeur of the universe” in the art of Giovanna Garzoni, by Sara Matthews-Grieco, artherstory.net/giovanna-gar... #womenartists #artherstory
A shallow blue and white dish containing a green artichoke at left, a white one at right, and a brown one in the middle, with a pink multi-petaled flower behind. In front of the dish, on a (stone?) surface, sit five strawberries still on their stems; the one nearest the dish is bright red, while the others are still whitish.
February 15, 2026 at 10:38 PM
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Horned Lark (detail), n.d., by #ErinLinton (American, contemporary). Source, Orphan Girl Fine Art, www.orphangirlfineart.com/shop/prints/... #womenartists #artherstory #HappyValentinesDay #ForMyValentine
A detail of a watercolor on teabag depiction of a horned lark, perched on a fencepost of similar, viewed from the side, facing the left edge of the artwork. The background is in shades of light green and light blue, with a little bit of yellow.
February 15, 2026 at 1:51 AM
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Valentine, 1876, by #KateGreenaway (British, 1846-1901). Held by @metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #womenartists #artherstory #HappyValentinesDay
The front cover of a Valentine card with a drawing of a couple in a landscape, with a full moon above them and white-flowered plants growing in the grass at their feet. The blond-haired, white skinned woman wears a whit dress and cap, with a pink rose at the cener of the neckline. The white skinned, brown-haired man wears a red jacket and pantaloons, a pale blue waistcoat and white cravat. His brimmed hat is light brown with a blue hat band and a red feather. The scene is surrounded on all 4 sides a brownish-gold straight rules. The drawing is surrounded on three sides - top, bottom and left - with a thick border of pink flowers on a leafy vine. The border has a brown background except in the top and bottom left corners, where the background is sky blue.
February 14, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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♥️ Take a close look at the cypher in Sofonisba’s miniature:
🔎 It includes an elaborately constructed faux-relief of golden letters all linked together. Read below for its lovely meaning. ♥️

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Sofonisba's Chess Game - Love, Decoded (3/9)
Monogrammatic declarations
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February 14, 2026 at 12:41 PM
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#Art: Rainbow's End (2025)
#Artist: #JoleneLai (b. 1980; #🇸🇬)
#ArtMovement/Style: #VisualArt #Contemporary
Medium: Oil on wood panel
15.2 × 25.4 cm (6 × 10 in)

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February 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Portrait of Diego de Villanueva, 1761, by #MarieJosepheCaron (French, 1725-84), who was baptized #otd, Feb 13. Held by the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Re... #MarieJosèpheCaron #artherstory #womenartists
A not-quite-half-length portrait of an unsmiling dark-eyed white man with a 5-o'clock shadow in a powered wig. He wears a brown jacket with black neck trim and textured buttons over a tan waistcoat and a white cravat.
February 13, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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There's a new book forthcoming about the artist -

MICHAELINA WAUTIER
By Katlijne Van der Stighelen

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

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Book cover featuring close up portrait of a boy with longish brown hair and ruddy cheeks, wearing white scarf knotted at his throat, gazing down toward his right. The title runs down the right edge of the book in blue-green type; the author's name is in white text at bottom center. Book cover featuring close up portrait of a boy with longish brown hair and ruddy cheeks, wearing white scarf knotted at his throat, gazing down toward his right. The title, author name, publisher name and series title are all in black text within a white box extending from the left edge, not quite all the way across the bottom of the cover.
February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
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#Sculpture: Hortense (2016)
#Artist: #SimoneLeigh (b. 1967)
#ArtMovement/Style: #Contemporary #AnthropomorphicFigures
Medium: Terracotta, India ink, porcelain, glass beads, 14-karat gold luster, epoxy
66 × 41 × 41 cm (26 × 16 × 16 in)

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February 11, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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The Possibility of #MichaelinaWautier
Thoughts on "Michaelina Wautier: Painter" at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
by Allison van den Hoek, author of INDELICATE: Michaelina Wautier’s Untold Story
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The Possibility of Michaelina Wautier
Allison van den Hoek presents her thoughts on "Michaelina Wautier: Painter," a 2025-26 art exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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Man Offering Money to a Young Woman, also called The Proposition, 1631, by #JudithLeyster (Dutch, 1609–1660), who died #otd, Feb 10. Held at the @mauritshuis.bsky.social, mauritshuis.nl/en/explore/t... #womenartists #artherstory
The description of this painting on the website reads, “By the light of an oil lamp, a young woman is bowed over her needlework, with her feet on a foot warmer. A man is trying to attract her attention with a handful of coins – he wants to buy her love. But the woman does not respond to his offer, and works on undisturbed. She is a model of virtuousness.” The Wikipedia description of the same work reads, “It depicts a woman, sewing by candlelight, as a man leans over her, touching her right shoulder with his left hand. He is offering her coins in his right hand, but she is apparently ignoring the offer and concentrating intently upon her sewing. As we see the female protagonist (seemingly) ignore the advances of her suitor, this painting has been considered to potentially be a feminist work. The man wears dark clothing, and the dark tones as well as his shadow cast behind him and across his face from the angle of the candlelight give him a looming appearance. In contrast, the woman is lit fully in the face by the candlelight, and wears a white blouse.”
February 10, 2026 at 1:47 PM
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#Art: N.Y.C on the Table - Arby's (2023)
#Artist: #LeeKyoungmi (b. 1977; 🇰🇷)
#ArtMovement/Style: #Contemporary
Medium: Oil on constructed birch panel
47 1/5 × 35 2/5 × 3 9/10 in | 120 × 90 × 10 cm

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February 10, 2026 at 11:00 AM
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#Art: El Dolor humano (1921)
#Artist: #PilarMontanerMaturana (b. 1878/d. 1961; #🇪🇸)
#ArtMovement/Style: #Modernism #InSitu
Medium: Oil on canvas
242 x 197 cm (95.27 x 77.55 in)

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February 9, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Asian barred owlet, n.d., by #ElizabethGould (British, 1804-41). Source, @themarginalian.org.web.brid.gy, www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/15/e... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwls Superb Owl
A 19th-century drawing of an Asian barred owlet
February 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Indian Eagle Owl / Bubo bengalensis, 1801-7?, by Lady #ElizabethSymondsGwillim (British, 1763-1807). Held by McGill Univ Rare Books & Special Colls, archivalcollections.library.mcgill.ca/index.php/ea... #womenartists #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #ElizabethGwillim #SuperbOwlSunday #SuperbOwls
A watercolor drawing of an Indian Eagle Owl from the very early 19th century
February 8, 2026 at 4:38 PM