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Judith Jans Leyster (also Leijster; baptised July 28, 1609 [1] – February 10, 1660) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of genre works, portraits, and still lifes. Her work was highly regarded by her contemporaries, but largely forgotten after her death.
The following is a list of paintings by Judith Leyster that are generally accepted as autograph by the Frima Fox Hofrichter catalog and other sources. Image Title
Self-portrait by Judith Leyster is a Dutch Golden Age painting in oils now in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. It was offered in 1633 as a masterpiece to the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke. [1] It was attributed for centuries to Frans Hals and was only properly attributed to Judith Leyster upon acquisition by the ...
The Guildhall exhibit presented a biography for Frans Hals, but not for Judith Leyster. The organizers of the exhibit did not want to surrender Frans Hals's label. [ 4 ] It is often mistaken that Leyster was a pupil of Frans Hals, although there is no sufficient proof that this was the case. [ 4 ]
The Proposition is a genre painting of 1631 by Judith Leyster, now in the Mauritshuis in The Hague, who title it Man offering money to a young woman. [2] [3] It depicts a woman, sewing by candlelight, as a man leans over her, touching her right shoulder with his left hand.
A Game of Tric-Trac offers an insight into seventeenth century Dutch nightlife as well as the codes surrounding prostitution and morality.Backgammon, which was commonly called tric-trac, was a popular pastime during Leyster's lifetime, depicted in paintings by many of her contemporaries.
There have been various interpretations of Judith Leyster's A Boy and a Girl with a Cat and an Eel by different scholars. Some, such as Neil McLaren, have argued that it represents the Dutch proverb "Een aal bij de staart hebben" (or "to hold an eel by the tail") meaning that you do not get to hold onto something just because you have it. [1]
Pages in category "Paintings by Judith Leyster" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...