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This Round: Catharina van Hemessen

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Caterina or Catharina van Hemessen was a Flemish Renaissance painter. Van Hemessen is often given the distinction of creating the first self-portrait of an artist (of either gender) depicted seated at an easel.

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A number of obstacles stood in the way of women of her time who wished to become painters. Their training would involve both the dissection of cadavers and the study of the nude male figure while the system of apprenticeship meant that the aspiring artist would need to live with an older artist for 4–5 years, often beginning from the age of 9–15. For these reasons, female artists were extremely rare, and those that did make it through were typically trained by a close relative, in van Hemessen's case, by her father, Jan Sanders van Hemessen.

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Choose your favourite Catharina van Hemessen painting

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1) Girl at the Virginal (1548)

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2) Portrait of a Woman (1548)

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3) Self-Portrait (1548)

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4) Portrait of a Woman with Dog (1551)

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5) Portrait of a Woman (1551)

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6) Portrait of a Child in a White Embroidered Dress Holding a Great Tit (1559)

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7) Portrait of a Young Lady (1560)

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8) Portrait of a Woman

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Name the DH

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His last name is that of a famous Belgian (e.g. https://www.famousbelgians.net/alphabetical.htm)

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The names are Medieval Dutch

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1) Vrederick Rubbe Josken Garbrant Coper Han Eobhan Foyken Ignaes Mathise Palm Thys
2) Pierart Kilianus Brusten Clase Gheleyn Costiin Herbern Leonaert Nyclaes / Nyclays Waelram
3) Renerus Ihan Gheret Crystiaen Daem Cop Heyne Jocen Louwe Marquert Vlas Ymmen
4) Wolfaert Regnerus Matthys Jacken Danckaerd Anthonis Coenraed Ercken Kerstant Otten Staert
5) Splinter Palmarius Lens Godbald Caspaer Brandaen Doom Kerstiaen Ianne Obele Philips Yden
6) Vulric Quiryn Kerstianus Heineken Clays Abbo Damaes Jannes Isebrand Luyt Raes
7) Rickwin Niclaes Faes Augustiin Claesken Domaes Heynric Jhan Oric Reyer Tisken
8) Walraven Protaes Kiel Coenen Baernt Dirck/Dyrck Gervaes Hughen Leyn Raduard Wissen

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formerly Belphoebe

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I am in the mood
to dissolve
in the sky.
- Virginia Woolf

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