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 Michaelina Wautier. Born around 1614 in the Belgian city of Mons, Wautier emerged from a prosperous family in the Southern Netherlands, a background that likely…