Renaissance Europe was not a promising place for female artists to emerge. Women were expected to marry and have children, and those who did work were not welcomed into male-dominated professions. In fact women were unable to even receive formal art training...

Hans Brosamer (Fukda? Vers 1495-1554 Erfurt) Portrait d'un couple. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2009. Daté '1516' (au centre en haut) huile sur panneau -29,2 x 41 cm. Price Realized €163,000 Provenance: Galerie de Jonckheere, Paris, en 2000 Notes: Sans...

Dame à sa toilette, Anonyme (d’après François Clouet ?) France, vers 1560. Huile sur bois H.105 x 76 cm. Provenance : collection du Président Bénigne Legouz de Saint-Seine ; saisie révolutionnaire, 1792. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon © Musée des Beaux-Arts,...

Paris Bordon, Venus, Mars, and Cupid Crowned by Victory, c. 1550. Oil on canvas, 44 x 683⁄4 in. Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie, Vienna FORT WORTH, TX.- The Kimbell Art Museum presents Art and Love in Renaissance Italy , a fascinating exploration...