{"id":57013,"date":"2025-10-06T13:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/?p=57013"},"modified":"2025-10-06T13:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T17:02:13","slug":"vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna Exhibition Shines Light On Forgotten Female Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 313px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/1\/11\/Triumph_of_Bacchus%2C_by_Michaelina_Woutiers.jpg\/1200px-Triumph_of_Bacchus%2C_by_Michaelina_Woutiers.jpg\" alt=\"A 17th-century painting of the mythological god Bacchus being paraded around by satyrs while being fed grapes.\" width=\"303\" height=\"232\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Triumph of Bacchus<\/em> by Michaelina Wautier<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Michaelina Wautier, a previously overlooked female painter from the Flemish Baroque period, is now getting a moment in the spotlight with her own exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Very little is known about Wautier\u2019s life. She was born in 1604 in the city of Mons, now in Belgium. She had an older brother named Charles, who also worked as an artist. Some suspect that, since women were not allowed to study art at the prominent European academies, she likely received some artistic training from Charles. There are approximately 35 paintings attributed to her, yet only about half of them are signed or dated. A woman working professionally as an artist was rare but not entirely unheard of in the 17th century. In the Low Countries, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/7\/76\/Judith_Leyster_The_Proposition.jpg\/800px-Judith_Leyster_The_Proposition.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Judith Leyster<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> and <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/app\/news-upload\/2023\/11\/Clara-Peeters-Still-Life-of-Roses-Carnations-Tulips-Narcissi-Irises-and-other-flowers-in-a-wicker-basket-oil-on-copper.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Clara Peeters<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> were notable, while <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/2\/27\/Mary_beale_self_portrait.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Mary Beale<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> became a prominent portraitist in England. And of course, arguably the most famous was <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/cxgd3urn\/production\/d4de80f8fcc58fa41a2d6b299070547b165f4035-1661x2000.jpg?w=1920&amp;h=2312&amp;q=85&amp;fit=crop&amp;auto=format\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Artemisia Gentileschi<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in Italy. At the time, most women painters were confined to specific types, primarily still-life and genre paintings. Artemisia is somewhat of an exception to this convention, painting biblical and history scenes on very large canvases. However, as art historians learn more about Wautier, the more they learn about her importance to Flemish Baroque art. Her largest and most important work is <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Triumph of Bacchus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, painted in the early 1650s. It had previously been in the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, governor of the Habsburg Netherlands and brother of the Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand III.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Despite the lack of documentary evidence on the details of Wautier\u2019s life, some of her paintings tell us a great deal. For example, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Triumph of Bacchus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> tells us many things about Wautier\u2019s work and her degree of fame. Because most female painters worked primarily in still-life and genre works, their paintings tended to be relatively small, allowing them to work without a studio. However, <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Triumph of Bacchus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> measures just over 9 by 11 \u00bd feet. Furthermore, art historians can infer that, given the amount of exposed skin on display in the painting, she was also able to work from live nude models, something that was not often done without a dedicated studio. The best guess is that Wautier shared one with her brother Charles. This also would have made Wautier the first female painter to have depicted the nude male body on a life-size scale. Analysis of her other paintings reveals that she was successful and wealthy enough to afford and use ultramarine pigment, an incredibly rare and expensive form of blue made from lapis lazuli. Some of her work also shows that she had no shortage of commissions. This is clearly evident <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/db\/Wautier-commandant_spaans_leger.jpg\/1280px-Wautier-commandant_spaans_leger.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">in the portraits she painted<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Also, one of the highlights of the Vienna exhibition is a series called <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Five Senses<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Each painting depicts a young boy in a situation that allegorically represents <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/b\/ba\/Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Sight%2C_1650.jpg\/800px-Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Sight%2C_1650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">sight<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/3\/3a\/Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Smell%2C_1650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">smell<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/0\/0c\/Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Taste%2C_1650.jpg\/800px-Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Taste%2C_1650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">taste<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/fd\/Michaelina_Wautier%2C_Hearing%2C_1650.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">hearing<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/7\/7d\/Michaelina_Wautier%2C_The_Five_Senses_%28Touch%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">touch<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. According to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, all five paintings were likely made to hang together. This implies \u201ca significant amount of space to display together. Therefore, it is probable that the series was a commission, rather than painted for the market.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">As an indicator of her popularity and success as a painter, Wautier must have been sufficiently established for her to subvert or defy some artistic conventions in her work. For example, in <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Five Senses<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, another artist would have likely shown young female subjects, since they were more popular for allegory. Furthermore, some of the actions being performed are actually rather unpleasant. For smell, a boy grimaces and pinches his nose at the smell of a rotten egg. And for touch, the boy has cut his finger while whittling a piece of wood. Even when the boys\u2019 actions are not explicitly unpleasant, the predominant color scheme of brown and gray starkly contrasts with other Baroque allegorical paintings, like <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/f\/f0\/Jan_Brueghel_I_%26_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Hearing_%28Museo_del_Prado%29.jpg\/1280px-Jan_Brueghel_I_%26_Peter_Paul_Rubens_-_Hearing_%28Museo_del_Prado%29.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">the collaborations between Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. Back to <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Triumph of Bacchus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, Wautier did something here that is rather rare for female artists in most periods of art history: self-insertion. It is believed that the female figure on the right side of the canvas facing the viewer, possibly representing Ariadne, is in fact a self-portrait of the artist. Not only was this rare for female artists, but even more rare and somewhat shocking is her robe coming down across her torso to expose her left breast. University of Antwerp art historian Kirsten Derks commented, \u201cI don\u2019t know of any other artist who would dare to do that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The push for greater recognition of Wautier can be traced back to 1993, when the Belgian art historian Katlijne Van der Stighelen found <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Triumph of Bacchus<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in storage at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. At the time, many of Wautier\u2019s paintings were misattributed to other artists, including her brother. So when she saw this monumental work of a mythological subject, she became incredibly puzzled because she could not recognize the artist by their style. \u201cFor female baroque artists to work on this scale and with this variety of subjects is completely unseen\u201d. Van der Stighelen began researching the artist and, eventually, searched for a suitable venue for an exhibition. In 2018, she curated <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Michaelina Wautier: Baroque\u2019s Leading Lady<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> at Antwerp\u2019s Museum aan de Stroom. <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since then, Wautier has <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">only<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> gained <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">more and more<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> recognition.<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Christie\u2019s Old Masters specialist Maja Markovic called Wautier\u2019s rise in prominence \u201cnothing short of meteoric\u201d. Her paintings also command impressive prices on the secondary market. However, this is mainly because there are so few of her works in private hands. Only three verified Wautier paintings have appeared at auction in the last five years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In Vienna, twenty-nine of her thirty-five known existing paintings, 82% of her surviving oeuvre, are now assembled in one place. The exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum now seems like a crowning achievement for art historians and other advocates of increased attention and scholarship on Wautier\u2019s life and work. The Vienna exhibition will travel to the Royal Academy in London in March 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michaelina Wautier, a previously overlooked female painter from the Flemish Baroque period, is now getting a moment in the spotlight with her own exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Very little is known about Wautier\u2019s life. She was born &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\/?contemporary=N\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":57014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[345,854,774,775,317,722,40,65,58,9,1414],"class_list":["post-57013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rehs-galleries","tag-17th-century-art","tag-17th-century-flemish","tag-baroque","tag-baroque-art","tag-female","tag-female-artist","tag-museum-exhibitions","tag-museums","tag-old-masters","tag-rehs-galleries-news","tag-vienna"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.9 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Vienna Exhibition Shines Light On Forgotten Female Artist - Rehs Galleries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Michaelina Wautier, a previously overlooked female Baroque painter, is now getting her own exhibition in Vienna.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vienna Exhibition Shines Light On Forgotten Female Artist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Michaelina Wautier, a previously overlooked female Baroque painter, is now getting her own exhibition in Vienna.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/2025\/10\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rehs Galleries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RehsGalleriesInc\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-06T17:02:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/rehs.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Triumph_of_Bacchus_by_Michaelina_Woutiers.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"917\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nathan Scheer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nathan Scheer\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1d33fd182b28afdad8fc3548ffe6bdc4\"},\"headline\":\"Vienna Exhibition Shines Light On Forgotten Female Artist\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-06T17:02:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1027,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/vienna-exhibition-shines-light-on-forgotten-female-artist\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/rehs.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/10\\\/Triumph_of_Bacchus_by_Michaelina_Woutiers.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"17th Century Art\",\"17th Century Flemish\",\"baroque\",\"baroque art\",\"female\",\"Female artist\",\"Museum Exhibitions\",\"museums\",\"Old Masters\",\"Rehs Galleries - Art World News\",\"Vienna\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Rehs 19th &amp; 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