| Re: "I will show your Excellency what a woman can do"
1) Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670)
One of the first women to paint still life studies, her paintings were popular. She worked at the court of the Duke of Alcala, the court of the Duke of Savoy and in Florence where members of the Medici family were patrons. She was official court painter for the Grand Duke Ferdinando II.
This is poster of one of her still life paintings
"A Bowl with Peas and Two Roses"
2) Judith Leyster (1609-1660): A Dutch painter who had her own workshop and students, she produced most of her paintings before she married the painter Jan Miense Molenaer. Her work was confused with that of Frans and Dirck Hals until her rediscovery at the end of the 19th century and subsequent interest in her life and work.
"Jolly Toper" (1629)
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