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Leyster

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[lahy-ster] / ˈlaɪ stər /

noun

  1. Judith, 1609–60, Dutch painter.


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

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

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

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There is no firm evidence that Leyster studied with Hals, but she made loose copies of several of his works and was a witness at the baptism of one of his children.

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It is undeniable that these pictures all show the influence of Hals, whose pupil Judith Leyster may have been, and whose manner she caught as Mlle.

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

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