Catharina Van Hemessen

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Place: Antwerp

Born: 1528

Death: 1587

Biography:

Caterina, or Catharina van Hemessen (1528 – after 1565) was a Flemish Renaissance painter. She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work. She is mainly known for a series of small scale female portraits completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s and a few religious compositions. Van Hemessen is often give...

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