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2026-10-26 09:43 UTC
She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen?
Few women worked as professional artists in the 16th century. A new exhibition in Antwerp, Belgium, seeks to restore this Flemish painter to the pantheon of art history giants
by Meilan Solly
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/she-painted-first-known-self-portrait-an-artist-at-work-and-signed-it-nearly-500-years-ago-who-was-catharina-van-hemessen-180989724/?utm_source=smithsoniandaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_content=20261021-daily&lctg=93133550&user_id=19f2988141aeef1ce3da2871b25613801e24297faaf654001575521d8c39910f
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@TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world 2026-10-26 10:22
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social. Correction. History has a habit of erasing or ignoring the accomplishments of women, here's one artist whose work wasn't swept henesth a rug.
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@flyingpenguin@infosec.exchange 2026-10-26 12:09
@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social you should say always be wary of claims about being the first. Gutenberg wasn't the first at anything, was he? https://media.rct.uk/sites/default/files/file-downloads/9781909741324.pdf