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Michaelina Wautier
The Rediscovered Master of Flemish Baroque For centuries, the vibrant and muscular canvases of a certain unnamed master drifted through European collections, often misattributed to male contemporaries or even her own brother, Charles Wautier. It was only with the dawn of the twenty-first century that art historians, most notably Katlijne Van der Stighelen, peeled back the layers of historical oversight to reveal the true identity of Mi
chaelina Wautier. Born around 1614 in the Belgian city of Mons, Wautier emerged from a prosperous family in the Southern Netherlands, a background that likely provided her with the classical education necessary to navigate the complex mythological and symbolic landscapes found in her mature works. While many female artists of the seventeenth century were socially restricted to the intimate realms of still-lifes or delicate portraiture…