A light of her own / by Carrie Callaghan.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York : Amberjack Publishing, [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 309 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781944995898
- 1944995897
- 9781944995904
- 1944995900
- Leyster, Judith, 1609-1660 -- Fiction
- Grebber, Pieter de, approximately 1600-1652 or 1653 -- Fiction
- Painters -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- Sex role -- Netherlands -- History -- Fiction
- Women painters -- Netherlands -- Fiction
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Ambition -- Fiction
- Haarlem (Netherlands) -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
In Holland 1633, a woman's ambition has no place.
Judith is a painter, dodging the law and whispers of murder to try to become the first woman admitted to the Haarlem painters guild. Maria is a Catholic in a country where the faith is banned, hoping to absolve her sins by recovering a lost saint's relic.
Both women's destinies will be shaped by their ambitions, running counter to the city's most powerful men, whose own plans spell disaster. A vivid portrait of a remarkable artist, A Light of Her Own is a richly-woven story of grit against the backdrop of Rembrandt and an uncompromising religion.
Story behind the story . . .
The trail of Judith Leyster's career was so faint that only years after her death in 1660, collectors began attributing her few surviving paintings to other artists. She signed her work with only a beautiful, stylized monogram. Credit went to Frans Hals, Jan Miense Molenaer, and others. She would remain lost to history until 1893.
Holland, 1633. Judith Leyster is a painter, dodging the law and whispers of murder in hopes of becoming the first woman admitted to the prestigious Haarlem artist's guild. Maria is a Catholic in a country where the faith is banned, hoping to absolve her sins by recovering a lost saint's relic. Both women's destinies will be shaped by their ambitions, running counter to the city's most powerful men, whose own plans spell disaster. A vivid portrait of a remarkable artist, a story of grit against the backdrop of Rembrandts and repressive religious rule.