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Judith Leyster
(1609–60), depicted here in a
c.
1630
self-portrait
, was a
Dutch Golden Age
painter who mostly made
genre works
, portraits, and
still lifes
. Born in
Haarlem
, she had begun painting by the age of twenty. By 1633 she had joined the
Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
, the first woman to become a member. In 1646 she married
Jan Miense Molenaer
; only two of her works are known to have been completed after this marriage.
Painting:
Judith Leyster
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