Judith Leyster

(Judith Leyster's work, Serenade)

Judith Jans Leyster was born in 1609 and died in 1660. She was a Dutch painter.

She painted still-life, quiet scenes of women at home, which were not a popular theme in Holland until the 1650s.

Much of her other work was similar in nature to that of many of her contemporaries, such as Hals, Steen . . .

In 1636, she married Jan Miense Molenaer, fascinated also by painting. They moved to Amsterdam for economic reasons and had five children.

In this period, found a woman's painter it was rare so she was famous !

By Angelique B.