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2/ Portrait of a young woman, bust-length, in a green dress with pink sleeves, by #LaviniaFontana, sold for 94,500 GBP. Estimate:15,000-20,000 GBP
https://t.co/qIvLZfBrbn
#artherstory #womenartists #femaleOldMaster
Virginia rose / Rosa virginiana, 1876, by #CatherineFurbish (#KateFurbish, 1834-1931). @BowdoinLibrary @BowdoinCollege; source, @magazineofMaine, https://t.co/UtiSkjsbmO #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #womenartists
Title page from Wild Flowers drawn & colored from nature, 1859, by #ClarissaMungerBadger, who was born #otd (May 20). Published by Charles Scribner & Company; source, https://t.co/2a9q8zIIBY #artherstory #hernaturalhistory #womenartists
Convolvulus brasiliensis, sea bindweed, c. 1826, by #AnneKingsburyWollstonecraft (#NancyWollstonecraft; American, 1791-1828), who died #otd (May 16). @hathitrust digital library, via https://t.co/7FpdSvsMod #hernaturalhistory #artherstory #womenartists
Madonna Adoring the Sleeping Child, n.d., by #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Held at the Church of St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bianzè, Italy; source, https://t.co/z6DVdclHFD #nuntastic #artherstory #womenartists #OrsolaCaccia #SuorOrsola
Cornelia, Mother of the Gracchi, Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures, c. 1785, by #AngelicaKauffmann (#AngelicaKauffman, #AngelikaKauffmann, Swiss, 1741-1807). Held at @vmfa, https://t.co/CTH185Nc9M #womenartists #artherstory #HappyMothersDay (US)
#JemimaBlackburn, the extraordinary artist of nature who became the real-life Jemima Puddle-Duck, https://t.co/oSXp5Z5P8R
#BeatrixPotter #hernaturalhistory #artherstory https://t.co/aq7VnZrXNl
The @ArtGalleryofNSW announces "Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings" the first major survey in the Asia Pacific region of visionary Swedish artist, opens on June 12:
https://t.co/rzIKEQGtS6
Pictured: The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 5, Adulthood 1907 HAK106, by #HilmaAfKlint
Drawing of a botanical subject, n.d., by #MaryMoser (English, 1744-1819), who died #otd (May 2). On display at @V_and_A, https://t.co/Isyqt95f4v. Moser is 1 of 2 female founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768. #womenartists #artherstory @theflorajournal #hernaturalhistory
In April, these two works by #BarbaraReginaDietzsch did well at auction. Each had an estimated price of CHF 1500.
- Dandelions with butterflies & caterpillar sold for CHF 16,000.
- Thistle with insects & spider sold for CHF 20,000.
https://t.co/pS9UjI9HIG
#hernaturalhistory