Historical FigureFemale
Judith Leysterová
1609 – 1660
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryJudith 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.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 30, 1608
Haarlem
Date of death
February 10, 1660
Heemstede
Citizenship
Dutch Republic
Occupations & fields
painterartist
Notable works
The Jolly ToperMerry TrioThe PropositionA Youth with a JugA boy and a girl with a cat and an eel
- Field and occupation
- barokní malířka z Nizozemska
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