Judith Leyster

Dutch · 1609–1660

Caravaggisti

Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries but largely forgotten after her death.

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life: 1609–1660life
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Who Judith Leyster was

Judith Jans Leyster was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries but largely forgotten after her death. Her entire oeuvre came to be attributed to Frans Hals or to her husband, Jan Miense Molenaer. In 1893, she was rediscovered and scholars began to attribute her works correctly.

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