Judith Leyster (1609—1660) was a genre painter and portraitist of the Dutch Golden Age, long unrecognized as an accomplished artist.
Judith Leyster Summary
- Full name is Judith Jans Leyster
- Born in Haarlem; died in Heemstede, in the northern Netherlands
- Due to their proximity, her work was sometimes confused with that of Frans Hals or Jan Miense Molenaer, her husband
- Her relationship with Frans Hals was significant, but today mysterious
- May have been the first or the second woman admitted to the Haarlem Guild of St. Luke
- Her specialty in genre scenes appears to give a feminine perspective on familiar themes
- In 2021 inducted into the Gallery of Honour at the Rijksmuseum as its third woman
Judith Leyster Famous Paintings
- Serenade (1629)
- Jolly Toper (1629)
- Merry Trio (1629)
- Self-Portrait (c. 1630)
- The Proposition (1631)
- Unequal Love (1631)
- A Youth with a Jug (1633)
- The Lute Player (1635)
- Still Life with Apples and Grapes in a Wicker Basket on a Table (c. 1640)
- Flowers in a Vase (1654)