Leysters

A FAMILY is in high spirits after celebrating 100 years in charge of a Herefordshire pub. Relatives of current licencee Joy Pember took over the Duke of York at Leysters in 1911. She says her grandfather and mum and dad are among those who have been in ...

Judith Leyster war zwar nicht die einzige, gewiss aber die mitreissendste Malerin im Holland des Goldenen Zeitalters. Als erste Frau erwarb sie den Meistertitel und führte eine eigene Werkstatt in der Boom-Town Haarlem. Zu ihrem 400. Geburtstag hat man ...

Male art historians have commented on Leyster's The Proposition, 1631, as reflecting a "powerful image of temptation and resistance" and that the young woman's virtuousness "would appeal to men and attract many suitors," implying that Leyster's ...

Evidence of Leyster's spin-doctoring hangs in the Dutch Cabinet Galleries at the National Gallery of Art, where the Haarlem-born artist's vivacious self-portrait from around 1632 forms the centerpiece of a small but robust exhibition honoring her 400th ...