List of 17th-century women artists: Difference between revisions

17th-century women artists – female painters, miniaturists, calligraphers, engravers and sculptors who were active in 17th century (born between 1580 and 1700).

• Ma Shouzhen (c.1548–1604) – Gējì, painter, poet, and composer.
• Xue Susu (c.1564–1650?) – Gējì, poet, painter, archer, known as the “Woman of Ten Talents”.
• Fang Weiyi (1585-1668) – aristocratic poet, calligrapher, painter, and literary historian.
• Lin Xue (d. after 1642) – Gējì, poet, painter, and calligrapher.
• Wen Shu (1595-1634) – painter, great-granddaughter of Wen Zhengming.
• Fu Daokun (fl.1626)
• Li Yin – (c.1610-1685) – Gējì, poet, painter, and calligrapher.
• Liu Rushi (1618-1664) – Gējì, scholar, poet, painter, and calligrapher.
• Gu Hengbo (1619-1664) – Gējì, poet, orchid painter.
• Dong Xiaowan (1624-1651) – Gējì, poet, painter.
• Cai Han (1647–1686) – the concubine of the painter Mao Xiang. His other painter concubine was Jin Yue.
• Lin Yining (1655 – c.1730) – poet and painter
• Chai Jingyi (d.1680) – aristocratic poet and painter.
• Chen Shu (1660–1736) – first female painter of Qing dynasty, painter’s daughter.
• Ma Quan (17th-18th C) – flower-and-bird painter.

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• Suzanne de Court (fl. 1600) – enamel painter in the Limoges workshops, possibly the daughter of Jean de Court
• Louise Moillon (1610 – 1696) – painter of still lifes, of an artist family who were Protestant refugees from the southern Netherlands.^[2]
• Claudine Brunand (1630-1674) – poet and engraver, daughter of engraver Aymé Brunand.
• Catherine Duchemin (1630-1698) – painter, 1st female member of Academia (1664),^[3][4] daughter of the sculptor Jaques Duchemin, wife of Girardon.
• Claudine Bouzonnet-Stella (1636-1697) engraver, daughter of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith
• Antoinette Bouzonnet-Stella (c. 1641 – 1676) – engraver, daughter of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith
• Françoise Bouzonnet-Stella (1638-1691) – engraver, daughter of Étienne Bouzonnet, a goldsmith
• Geneviève Boullogne (1645-1708) – daughter of painter Louis de Boullogne. Member of Academia.
• Madeleine Boullogne (1646-1710) – daughter of painter Louis de Boullogne. Member of Academia.
• Elisabeth Sophie Cheron (1648 – 1711) – poet, painter, member of Academia. Daughter of painter Henri Chéron
• Marie Courtois (c. 1655 – 1703) miniature painter
• Marie-Geneviève Hérault (c. 1655 – c. 1712)
• Marie Blancour (active 1650 – 1699)

Born in 16th-century:

• Sofonisba Anguissola (c.1532–1625)
• Diana Scultori Mantuana (1547–1612) – engraver, daughter of the sculptor and engraver Giovanni Battista Ghisi. One of the first female engravers.
• Mariangiola Criscuolo (c.1548–1630) – daughter of painter Giovanni Filippo Criscuolo.
• Barbara Longhi (1552–1638) – daughter of painter Luca Longhi
• Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614) – daughter of painter Prospero Fontana. First female career artist in Western Europe as she relied on commissions for her income.
• Geronima Parasole (1569–1622) – wood block cutter and print maker
• Isabella Parasole (c.1570–c.1620) – wood engraver
• Fede Galizia (1578 – c. 1630) – pioneering still-life painter, daughter of painter Nunzio Galizia.
• Chiara Varotari (1584–1663) – daughter of painter Dario Varotari the Elder
• Lucrina Fetti (c.1590–1651) – daughter of painter Pietro Fetti, nun
• Angelica Veronica Airola (c.1590–1670) – nun
• Caterina Ginnasi (1590–1660) – painter, niece of cardinal
• Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c.1656)
• Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676) – nun, religious painter, daughter of Guglielmo Caccia.
• Maria Eufrasia della Croce (1597–1676) – nun, painter
• Suor Orsola Maddalena Caccia (1596–1676) – daughter of painter Guglielmo Caccia, nun
• Arcangela Paladini (1599–1622) – daughter of painter Filippo Paladini
• Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670) – niece of painter Pietro Gaia, worked at the court of the Duke of Alcala, the court of the Duke of Savoy and as official court painter for the Grand Duke Ferdinando II Medici.

Born in 17th century:

• Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c. 1640)
• Anna Maria Vaiani (died c. 1655) – engraver, daughter of painter Alessandro Vaiani.
• Alba Foresti – embroider and lace-maker, mother of Rosalba Carriera
• Caterina Angiola Pieroncini – lace-maker, embroiderer and lady-in-waiting for the Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere.
• Anna Angelica Allegrini – daughter of painter Francesco Allegrini da Gubbio.
• Prudentia Stiattesi – daughter and pupil of Artemisia Gentileschi
• Sister Luisa Capomazza (c. 1600 – 1646) – nun
• Virginia Vezzi (1600–1638) – wife of painter Simon Vouet.
• Diana de Rosa (1602–1643) – daughter of painter Tommaso de Rosa.
• Maddalena Corvina (1607-1664) – painter and engraver. Niece of painter Francesco da Castello.
• Plautilla Bricci (1616-1705) – architect, painter and sculptor; she was the only female architect of her day
• Ginevra Cantofoli (1608/1618-1672)
• Theresa Maria Coriolano (1620-1671) – engraver, daughter of the engraver Bartolommeo Coriolano, pupil of E. Sirani
• Agnese Dolci (1635-1686) – daughter of painter Carlo Dolci.
• Elisabetta Sirani (1638-1665) – painter and printmaker, established first school for other women artists. Daughter of painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani.
• Barbara Sirani (1641 – 1692). Daughter of painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani.
• Anna Maria Sirani (1645 – 1715). Daughter of painter Giovanni Andrea Sirani.
• Caterina Mongardi (1645 – 1680) – pupil of E. Sirani
• Laura Bernasconi (active in 1670s) – flower painter
• Lucrezia Scarfaglia (active 1677–1678)
• Teresa del Pò (1649–1716) – daughter of painter Pietro del Pò.
• Camilla Lauteri (1650/9 – 1681) – pupil of E. Sirani
• Margherita Caffi (1650 – 1710) – painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit, member of artistic family
• Maria Vittoria Cassana (died 1711) – daughter of painter Giovanni Francesco Cassana.
• Veronica Fontana (1651-1690) – engraver, daughter of the engraver Domenico Maria Fontana.
• Elena Recco (c. 1654 – 1715) – daughter of the still-life painter Giuseppe Recco, worked at the Spanish court.
• Francesca Volò Smiller (Vincenzina) (1657 – 1700) – sister of Margherita Caffi.^[5]
• Lucrezia Ferraria – studied with Vincenzina
• Maria Cattarina Locatelli (d. 1723) – member of artistic family
• Angiola Teresa Moratori Scanabecchi (1662 –1708)
• Giovanna Fratellini (Marmocchini Cortesi) (1666 – 1731) – court painter and teacher
• Maria Elena Panzacchi (1668-1737)
• Caterina Angela Pierozzi (c. 1670 – 1690) – member of artistic family, worked for Grand Duchess Vittoria della Rovere.
• Anna Maria Arduino (1672-1700) – princess, painter, writer, poet
• Isabella Maria dal Pozzo (died 1700) – aristocrat, worked in the court of Princess Henriette Adelaide of Savoy
• Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) – miniaturist and pastel painter
• Giovana Carriera (1675-1737) – sister of Rosalba
• Angela Carriera (1677-1760) – sister of Rosalba
• Lucia Casalini Torelli (1677–1762) – wife of painter Felice Torelli
• Faustina Maratti (c. 1679–1745) – poet and painter, natural daughter of the painter Carlo Maratta
• Giulia Lama (1681-1747)
• Maria Giovanna Clementi (1692-1761)
• Caterina Tarabotti (active until 1690) – sister of proto-feminist writer Arcangela Tarabotti
• Elisabetta Marchioni (fl. ca. 1700) – flower painter
• Gentile Zanardi – member of artistic family

Born in 16th-century:

Born in 17th century:

• Apollonia van Veen (died 1635) – pastellist, daughter of painter Pieter van Veen.
• Isabella Francken (active in the 1st part of the 17th century) – member of the large Francken family of artists
• Catharina van Knibbergen (active in 1630s) – perhaps the daughter of the painter François van Knibbergen
• Eva van Marle (active in 1640-1650s) – “monogrammist E.M.” (?)
• Magdalena van de Passe (1600-1638) – engraver and member of the Van de Passe family of artists
• Susanna van Steenwijk (after 1601-1664) – painter of small architectural exteriors
• Gertruida van Veen (1602-1643) – daughter of the painter Otto van Veen.
• Maria de Grebber (1602-1680) – daughter of the painter Frans Pietersz de Grebber.
• Margaretha de Heer (1603-1665) – painter of birds and insects, daughter of the glass painter Arjen Willems de Heer.
• Anna Francisca de Bruyns (1604–1675) – cousin of painter Jacob Franquart.
• Michaelina Wautier (1604–1689)
• Sara van Baalbergen (1607 – after 1638) – the first female member of the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
• Catarina Ykens (I) (1608/1618 – after 1666) – daughter of the history painter Lucas Floquet.
• Judith Leyster (1609-1660)
• Catharina Peeters (1615–1676) – from artists’ family
• Magdalena van den Hecken (1615-after 1635) – flower painter, daughter of the painter Samuel van den Hecken.
• Katharina Pepijn (1619–1688) – daughter of painter Marten Pepijn.
• Geertruydt Roghman (1625-1657) – engraver, daughter of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman
• Margaretha van Godewijk (1627-1677) – poet and painter
• Maria van Oosterwijck (1630–1693) – flower painter
• Johanna Vergouwen (1630–1714) – daughter of painter-decorator Louis Vergouwen.
• Gesina ter Borch (1631-1690) – watercolorist and draftswoman, poet, daughter of Gerard ter Borch the Elder.
• Katharina Rozee (1632 – 1682) – embroider
• Catharina Oostfries (1636–1708) – glass painter, sister of glass painter Jozef Oostfries
• Geertgen Wyntges (1636-1712) – flower painter.
• Magdalena Roghman (1637-1679) – engraver, daughter of the engraver Henrick Lambertsz Roghman
• Maria Theresa van Thielen (1640–1706) – daughter of painter Jan Philip van Thielen.
• Sara Saftleven (1645-1702) – flower painter, daughter of the landscape painter Herman Saftleven
• Maria Schalcken (1645–1699) – sister and pupil of Godfried Schalcken
• Aleijda Wolfsen (1648-1692)
• Diana Glauber (1650- c. 1721) – daughter of the Amsterdam chemist Johann Rudolph Glauber, and the sister of the painters Jan Gotlief and Johannes Glauber
• Joanna Koerten (1650-1715) – excelled in painting, drawing, embroidery, glass etching, and wax modeling
• Marie Duchatel (1652–1692) – painter and miniaturist with international career. Daughter of painter François Duchatel.
• Adriana Spilberg (1652-1700) – daughter of painter Johannes Spilberg, court painter in Düsseldorf
• Cornelia de Rijck (1653 – 1726) – specialized in painting birds and insects.
• Sophia Holt (1658 – 1734) – member of Holt-Greve artistic family
• Catarina Ykens (II) (1659 – 1737 or later) – daughter of the painter Johannes Ykens, geestelycke dochter (spiritual daughter), semi-nun.
• Cornelia van Marle (1661–1698) – member of Holt-Greve artistic family
• Alida Withoos (c. 1661/62 –1730) – botanical artist and painter, daughter of painter Mathias Withoos.
• Maria Withoos (1663–after 1699) – daughter of painter Mathias Withoos.
• Anna Ruysch (1666-1754) – flower painter, daughter of Frederik Ruysch, a botanist and anatomist.
• Aleida Greve (1670–1742) – member of Holt-Greve artistic family
• Anna Cornelia Holt (1671–1692) – member of Holt-Greve artistic family
• Maria de Wilde (1682-1729) – engraver and playwright, daughter of collector Jacob de Wilde.

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