All Catharina Van Hemessen's oil paintings
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73611 Sainte Marie Madeleine renoncant aux richesses de ce monde Sainte Marie Madeleine renoncant aux richesses de ce monde Date first quarter of the 17th century Medium peinture X l'huile; bois Dimensions 123.3 H, 94.1 L cyf
79226 Self portrait of Catherina van Hemessen Self portrait of Catherina van Hemessen 1548 cyf
79987 Self portrait of Catherina van Hemessen Self portrait of Catherina van Hemessen Deutsch: Selbstporträt von Catharina van Hemessen. Date 1548 cyf
26740 Self-Portrait Self-Portrait mk52 1548 Tempera onwood 32x25cm Kunstmuseum,Basle
Catharina Van Hemessen
1528-after1587 was a Flemish Renaissance painter. She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work. As with many Renaissance female painters, she was the daughter of a painter, Jan Sanders van Hemessen (c. 1500-after 1563), who was likely her teacher. She went on to create portraits of wealthy men and women often posed against a dark background. Included in her body of work is a self-portrait done in Basel. She has inscribed the painting with the year, 1548, and her age, 20 years. Her success is marked by her good standing in the Guild of St. Luke and her eventual position as teacher to three male students. Van Hemessen gained an important patron in the 1540s, Maria of Austria, who served as regent of the Low Countries for her brother Charles V. In 1554, she married Christian (or Christien) de Morien, an organist at the Antwerp Cathedral, which was at that time an important post. In 1556, when Maria resigned her post and returned to Spain, Caterina and her husband also moved, on invitation of her patron, to Spain. And two years later, when Maria died, Caterina was given a sizeable pension for life. Caterina and her husband returned to Antwerp. She was mentioned in Guicciardini's Description of the Low Countries of 1567 as one of the living women artists. She died after 1587. She mainly created portraits characterized by realism. The sitters, often seated, were usually seen against a dark or neutral ground. This type of framing and setting made for an intimate portrait. There are no extant works from after 1554, which has led some historians to believe her artistic career might have ended after her marriage. Van Hemessen is often given the distinction of creating the first self-portrait of an artist, of either gender, depicted seated at an easel. . Related Artists to : | Abraham Walkowitz | Pieter Coecke van Aelst | Hans Smidth | Jean-Baptiste Lallemand | William henry mander |