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Catharina van Hemessen: Signature Works
4 March 2027 to 30 May 2027
The first UK exhibition devoted to a 16th-century Flemish painter who signed her own work. Small-scale portraits trace the moment a woman artist stepped into view. Free to all visitors.
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The year is 1551. A talented young artist sits at the easel in her hometown of Antwerp, painting a small portrait with quiet power. After completing the work, she adds the words: ‘Catharina de Hemessen was painting [this] 1551’. In a time when few women worked as artists, Catharina van Hemessen proudly painted her name onto her artworks. This remarkable detail allows us to identify her work as a painter over 450 years later. Today, van Hemessen is the only 16th-...
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