Jacquemijntje Garniers

Jacquemijntje Garniers
Portrait of a female artist at her easel, circa 1660; said to be Metsu's portrait of his mother, but possibly of his mother-in-law Maria de Grebber
Born	c. 1590 Ypres, West Flanders
Died	6 September 1651 Leiden, Holland, Dutch Republic
Other names	Jacquemijntje le Foutere Jacquemijntje Fermout Jacquemijntje Metzu Jacquemijntje Bontecraey
Occupation	Midwife
Years active	1605—1651
Spouses	Abraham Le Foutere (1608—?) Guillaume Fermout Jacques Metsu (1625—1629) Cornelis Gerritsz Bontecraey (1636—?)
Children	Gabriël Metsu

Jacquemijntje Garniers (c. 1590 — 8 September 1651) was a midwife, and possibly an amateur painter, from Ypres, West Flanders. She was widowed four times and had a total of four children, including the Dutch painter Gabriël Metsu. She was a city midwife in Leiden, in the modern province of South Holland, and also worked as an independent midwife. She died in Leiden and had silver objects and three houses in her possession at the time of her death.