Women's Depictions of Midwives in Early Modern Art Nurse, activist and author Jane Salvage discusses and interprets the role of midwives in birth scenes painted by early modern women artists.

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In "Women’s Depictions of Midwives in Early Modern Art" Jane Salvage discusses & interprets the role of midwives in birth scenes painted by early modern #womenartists.

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A row of 3 paintings, all depicting nativity scenes by women artists. The first and third paintings are in portrait mode, and both depict the birth of the Virgin. The middle painting is in landscape mode, and depicts the birth of Saint John the Baptist.

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In "Women’s Depictions of Midwives in Early Modern Art," author, nurse & activist Jane Salvage discusses and interprets the role of midwives in birth scenes painted by early modern #womenartists.

#ArtemisiaGentileschi #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia #LaviniaFontana

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Lavinia Fontana, the Self-Fashioned Painter The first woman to make her living from painting captured herself and other women in the ways they wished to be perceived.

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A painting of a busy outdoor scene with people, horses and soldiers. In the lower left corner sits the Virgin Mary, holding up the Baby Jesus who stands on her lap, holding out his left hand in blessing. At their feet kneels a white-haired and -bearded king in a gold cloak, cupping Jesus' right foot in his right hand. Just behind the king, someone holding a gold crown in their left hand, gives a gold horn (containing a gift?) to a haloed Joseph, who stands behind Mary holding a small chest in both upraised hands.

#AdorationoftheMagi, 1590, by #LaviniaFontana (Italian, 1552-1614). Held by Le musée Thomas Henry; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ad... #womenartists #artherstory #Epiphany #ThreeKings #FeastOfEpiphany

An etching depicting people in tunics and robes surrounding a kneeling man. Two of the huma figures loom over the kneeling man, holding large stones over their heads, as many other people look on.

The Martyrdom of #SaintStephen, 1607-11, engraved by Jacques Callot after #LaviniaFontana (Italian, 1552-1614). Held by @metmuseum.org, www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #StStephensDay #artherstory #womenartists #FeastofStStephen

Lavinia Fontana 🎂🇮🇹👩‍🎨
nace el #24agosto de 1552
Pionera del manierismo, brilló como una de las primeras artistas en destacar por sus retratos llenos de elegancia y detalle 🖼
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Bianca degli Utili Maselli, with six of her children
before 1614
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of the Gozzadini Family: Ulisse, Ginevra, Annibale, Laudonia, Camillo Gozzalini
1584
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
#Fontana #WomenArtists

#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Newborn Baby in a Crib
ca. 1583
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna
#Fontana #WomenArtists

#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of #TogninaGonsalvus
ca. 1594
Château de Blois
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Bianca Lucia Aliprandi, née Crivelli
ca. 1602
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Pregnant Woman, Possibly a Self-Portrait
1590s
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Lady of the Gonzaga or Sanvitale Family
ca. 1585
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Girl
early 1580s
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Lady with a Dog
before 1614
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Noblewoman
before 1614
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Costanza Sforza of Santa Fiora (1550-1617)
1594
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Noblewoman
ca. 1580
Women in the Arts (NMWA)
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Costanza Alidosi
ca. 1595
Women in the Arts (NMWA)
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Lady
16th Century
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Ginevra Aldrovandi Hercolani
ca. 1595
The Walters Art Museum
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Carlo Sigonio
1575-84
Civic Museum of Modena
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Gentleman in Armour
1590s
National Gallery of Ireland
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Gerardo Giavarini
1598
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Sitting Man Leafing Through a Book
before 1614
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
#Fontana #WomenArtists

#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of Man
before 1614
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#LaviniaFontana (1552-1614), who was #BornOnThisDay
Portrait of a Prelate
ca. 1580
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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A half-length seated portrait of a woman with pale skin and brown hair in Renaissance dress, seated at a small table. Her left hand cradles the front paws of a small dog who stands on the table and gazes up at her. Her ringed right hand holds the dog around its front and left side. She wears a very dark, long sleeved dress with a high lacy white collar that extends right up to her chin. Eight button are visible in whole or in part, descending down the front middle of the dress. She wears a pearl drop earring, a shorter pearl necklace and a longer elaborate necklace of medallions strung together, and three beaded bracelets (on her right wrist).

Portrait of Isabella Ruini (?), 1593, by #LaviniaFontana (Italian, 1552-1614), born #otd, Aug 24. Held by Palatine Gallery, Uffizi; source, catalogo.beniculturali.it/detail/Histo... #artherstory #womenartists

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