Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for Leyster. Search instead for keysters.

Leyster

American  
[lahy-ster] / ˈlaɪ stər /

noun

  1. Judith, 1609–60, Dutch painter.


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

I love this self-portrait by Judith Leyster, a 17th-century Dutch artist who, to art historians, didn’t exist until 1892.

From Washington Post

Infrared photographs of the violinist on the easel show that Leyster had initially painted a woman’s face — almost certainly her own.

From Washington Post

They found the initials “J” and “L” crossed by a star and soon enough linked it to Leyster.

From Washington Post

Thenceforth, Leyster was magnanimously deemed both to have lived and to have left behind a convincing body of work.

From Washington Post

At all events, the present evidence seems to support the claim that the world is indebted to Judith Leyster for these admirable pictures.

From Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. by Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training