Early Modern Art
Stories and news about early modern art, 1500–1800 CE
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Women Artists Ascending
Art historian Paris Spies-Gans uncovers art’s unsung “sheroes,” moving them to the forefront of the canon
Witnessing Winter with Hendrick Avercamp, the ‘Mute from Kampen’
It’s time to re-frame assumptions about this ‘Little Ice Age’ painter
Why Is It Winter in So Many Dutch Paintings?
Blame the Ice Age… no, not that one
The Real Woman Behind the Manet Painting
Curators delve into the identity of the model who posed for Spring
New Getty Volume on Northern Italian Painter Giacomo Ceruti
This book explores the relationship between art, patronage, and economic inequality
Innovative New Volume Is a Landmark Study in Rubens’s Influence on Colonial Latin American Art
Analysis of printed works in their colonial context allows for a renewed look at the significance of the “copy” as legitimate artistic practice
Getty Museum Acquires Pastel by Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
The work speaks to emerging views of motherhood and familial bonds
Getty Museum Acquires Recently Rediscovered Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi
Lucretia was rediscovered after having been in private collections for centuries
Lund Humphries and Getty Publications to Collaborate on New Book Series Highlighting Women Artists
Series will recognize their accomplishments, to revive their name recognition and make their works better known to art enthusiasts of the 21st century
New Catalogue on French Rococo Furniture Available Online and in Print
Available via Getty’s open-access platform, Quire, catalogue blends curation, conservation, and the history of French Rococo ébénisterie