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Thanks I/we need this right now.

now lets talk about the #bacchanal

"Bacchanal (Triumph of Bacchus)," Michaelina Wautier, before 1659.

Wautier (1604-1689) suffered the fate that too many female artists have suffered; her work was attributed to men. It's only in the last 20 years that she's been recognized as a significant artist of the Baroque period.

Little is known of her life; her brother Charles was also a painter, but where they received training is unknown. She painted many different subjects in different genres at a time when women artists normally stuck to portraits and still lifes.

This canvas, regarded as her masterpiece, is also unusual in that we have a naked male body painted by a woman (in fact, Bacchus' groin is the center of the painting) and lady on the right is a self-portrait, uninvolved in the action, looking out at us serenely. A daring work for the time!

And for some of us....a preview of Thanksgiving....

From the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

#Art #DutchArt #Baroque #MichaelaWautier #Bacchanal #WomenArtists #WomenInArt

Tierney ink stamp concept! I simplified it down and I will figure out something to do for a badge or similar for EF.

Not long now!
(Edit, next day: updated art and replaced old draft with new. I forgot Mastodon allows edits even to images!)

#tierney #gryphon #furryart #furry #kittiara #bacchanal