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Giovanna Garzoni and Maria Sibylla Merian lived two unusual lives for female artists at the time. Both of them left their husbands and both are renowned for their work in still lifes. Yet this article argues that their most powerful connector is how…

A Cat Stealing Fish  A Cat Stealing Fish was painted by Giuseppe Recco between 1667 and 1669. This painting displays Giuseppe’s immense talent at rendering dimly lit spaces and reflections of surfaces and textures within the space. This work is an…

Anna Maria Vaiani is another female artist who did floral designs. In Giovanni Battista Ferrari’s piece on gardening, Flora, ouero, Cultura di fiori, (1638) Vaiani etched many of the floral designs. Like Garzoni, her designs played on anatomy of…

This is a collection of drawings of various plants all done by Garzoni (1650). Known for her still-life pieces, Garzoni hones in on the individual plant, examining shape and form of real plant anatomy. This book contains 50 different plants that…

The Fontana della Barcaccia or the Fountain of the Old Boat was commissioned by Pope Urban VIII in 1627. He chose Pietro Bernini and his son, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, to create a fountain at this location. The duo created a fountain that pays homage to…

The Trevi Fountain was originally commissioned in 1629 by Pope Urban VIII to replace an older fountain on the same spot. This fountain was commissioned to Gian Lorenzo Bernini, yet was left unfinished as Pope Urban VIII died in 1644. The fountain was…

Dish with Decoration of Oxen and Cherry Blossoms relates to Giovanna Garzoni’s Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup as an example of the type of ceramic ware that Garzoni came into contact with and depicted in her artwork. As a court artist for the…

Giovanna Garzoni's Self-portrait as Apollo. Signed on the instrument: “Giovanna Garzoni F”

Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup was painted by Giovanna Garzoni in 1648. The work is a tempera painting on vellum that measures 27.5 x 39.5 centimeters [1]. Between the years 1642 to 1651, Garzoni worked as a court artist for the Medici Grand…

This self-portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola depicts the artist seated at a keyboard and accompanied by an older maidservant. Anguissola wears a dark brown, somewhat unembellished gown with a small frilled collar and cuffs. She sits very tall and…