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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 20m

Thistle with five butterflies and other insects, n.d., by #margarethabarbaradietzsch (German, 1706-1783), who died #otd, Oct 16. Held at the British Museum, www.britishmuseum.org/collection/i... #hernaturalhistory #womenartists #artherstory

An artwork of watercolor and bodycolor on vellum that depicts, close up, a thistle plant on the gray-green, prickly leaves of which sit five butterflies and some other insects. The backdrop has a twilight-y vibe.

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Professor Claire Jowitt @clairejowitt.bsky.social · 1h

Looking to publish a salty monograph or edited collection? 'Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800' - now published by
@routledgehistory.bsky.social - welcomes proposals on globalization, post-colonialism, eco-criticism, environmentalism & histories of science & technology routledge.com/Maritime-Hum... ⚓️

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 33m

Flora, 1690-1700, by #AnnaWaser (Swiss, 1678-1714), who was born #otd, Oct 16. Held by Zentralbibliothek Zürich, www.e-manuscripta.ch/zuzneb/doi/1...

Anna Waser is featured in “In Her Hand,” on view at Zentralbibliothek Zürich thru Dec 6, www.zb.uzh.ch/en/exhibits/...

#artherstory #womenartists

A small (9.4 x 8.3 cm) oval artwork of gouache on paper depicting the bust of a white woman, facing sideways (to the left edge of the artwork as the viewer sees it) against a sky-blue background. Her blond hair is almost invisible under a crown of flowers, though a loop of blond braid is visible at her neck.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 50m

Art Herstory's Clara Peeters Flowers & Insects Still Life Note Card
Artwork held at: The National Gallery of Art

etsy.me/4dnn3Oh via Etsy

This autumn, we offer a 35% discount on all Dutch or Flemish note cards! The cost of this card, usually $3.95, is now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).

A note card; the front depicts a floral bouquet in an oval, surrounded by insects and a snail.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 4h

We love this painting! Art Herstory has a note card that reproduces it:
artherstory.net/product/mari...

Art Herstory cards are professionally printed and come with matching envelopes. Usually $3.95; on sale this Fall for $2.95, with free shipping.

A note card open face down to show front and back covers. The front reproduces a painting of a 17th-century Dutch woman seated before an easel. The back includes.a thumbnail of the same image with info about the artwork and artist, as well as branding information.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21h

Many congratulations to all the excellent authors, including Charmian Mansell (Univ. of Sheffield) for Female Servants in Early Modern England (Oxford Univ. Press, 2024), winner of
the Morris D. Forkosch Prize in British, British imperial, or British Commonwealth history since 1485.

American Historical Association @historians.org · 1d

The AHA is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes, which honor exceptional books, distinguished teaching and mentoring in the classroom, public history, and other historical projects. Congratulations to the 2025 awardees! #AHAPerspectives🗃️

American Historical Association Announces 2025 Prize Winners – AHA

The American Historical Association is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 prizes.

www.historians.org

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Thought Portal @thoughtportal.bsky.social · 16h

#podcast
History Extra podcast
Breaking news! How stories spread in early modern Europe
www.podbean.com/media/share/...

Breaking news! How stories spread in early modern Europe

If you lived in 16th-century London, would you have any idea what was happening in Paris, Venice or Frankfurt? Well, yes, according to Joad Raymond Wren – and that news could reach you quicker than yo...

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Justine Pick @justinepick.bsky.social · 10h

#Job opportunity
Lecturer in early modern history
Full time - permanent

Lecturer in Early Modern History at Liverpool Hope University

An academic position as a Lecturer in Early Modern History is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 9h

What fun! Might I suggest myself as a generalist and rabble-rouser? Historian of science, art, ideas, and monsters; early modern Atlantic world; premodern Europe; current affairs; film, TV. Latest book: HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY. Last month's bylines include a #StarTrek one.

www.surekhadavies.org

Surekha Davies

www.surekhadavies.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 5h

New post on the Art Herstory blog!

A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...

We celebrate the ways in which Dutch & Flemish women artists are currently in the spotlight - at exhibitions, in auction and acquisitions news, & in new book publications!

A photo of the entrance to the exhibition "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600–1750" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. The show title appears on a plaque at center, in yellow text against an aqua background, on a wall also painted aqua. At the left of the photo is Judith Leyster's younger self portrait; at the right is a vanities still life painting by Maria van Oosterwyck.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

There is a beautifully illustrated, accessibly written new book about the artist -

Josefa de Obidos,
by Carmen Ripolles / @cripolles.bsky.social

Co-published by @lhartbooks.bsky.social, www.lundhumphries.com/collections/... &

Getty Publications, shop.getty.edu/products/jos...

Josefa de Óbidos

The first monograph on the artist to be published in English, this book provides a long-overdue introduction to the life and work of Portuguese painter Josefa de Ayala, known as Josefa de Óbidos (1630...

www.lundhumphries.com

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

The Transverberation of #StTeresa, 1672, by #JosefaDeÓbidos (#JosefaDeAyalaFigueira; Portuguese, ca. 1630–1684). Held by Eglise (Igreja Matriz) de Cascais; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jo... #artherstory #womenartists #nuntastic #FeastOfStTeresa #FeastOfTeresaOfAvila

A painting depicting the transverberation of Saint Teresa. The work depicts, at center, a woman in a brown robe with a rosary at her waist, under the traditional nun's black-and-white cloak and head covering. At the right of the painting an angel in an orange gown lifts its right arm to plunge a pointed implement into her heart; where it enters her body there are flames. Behind her and at the left of the painting, two other angels, also in orange gowns, support the woman.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

1) In this year with Dutch & Flemish women artists in the spotlight, Art Herstory celebrates with a variety of stationery options - all of which we offer this autumn at a 35% discount!

The offerings include two sampler 6-packs:

artherstory.net/product/samp...

artherstory.net/product/dutc...

Two package labels of stationery 6-packs, each depicting 6 works by Dutch or Flemish women artists.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Art Herstory's Clara Peeters Flowers Note Card
Artwork held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

etsy.me/4nR32oW via Etsy

This autumn, we offer a 35% discount on all cards reproducing works by Dutch or Flemish women artists! The cost of this card, usually $3.95, is now $2.57 (w/ free shipping).

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Kristen Haas Curtis @hellomizk.bsky.social · 6d

My buddy’s book is out now! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270096... Fantastic read for my medievalist friends and fellow @guildmedmak.bsky.social mates! E-book available open access!!

Public Engagement in the European Middle Ages - Arc Humanities Press

This manual uses the medieval past to teach modern scholars how to succeed in public engagement. Combining a careful study of public engagement in Europe bet...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Claire Marie ☠️ @clartyclara.bsky.social · 1d

Starting my early modern module today with gender and marriage during the Reformation. Good topic to start with.

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Katie Parker @kparkerhistorian.bsky.social · 8d

Issue 77.1 of @imagomundi.bsky.social is out!

I co-edited this issue on Indigenous maps and mapping with Natchee Blu Barnd. Articles cover topics in North America, Africa, and Hawai’i.

#newissue #histcart #maphistory #skystorians 🗃️

Imago Mundi

Volume 77, Issue 1 of Imago Mundi

www.tandfonline.com

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The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social · 13d

Lady Charlotte Shreiber was a woman who subverted gendered norms and challenged Victorian conventions, Schreiber made major contributions to ceramic history and cultural education, and played an influential role in transnational artistic networks.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Lavinia Fontana, Self-Portrait at the Spinet
by Letha Ch'ien for @smarthistory.bsky.social
smarthistory.org/lavinia-font...

Lavinia Fontana, Self-Portrait at the Spinet – Smarthistory

Fontana’s self-portrait does not present the artist as a painter so much as it packages her as the ideal bride—or so it seems at first glance.

smarthistory.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

New post on the Art Herstory blog!

A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists
artherstory.net/a-year-for-d...

We celebrate the ways in which Dutch & Flemish women artists are currently in the spotlight - at exhibitions, in auction and acquisitions news, & in new book publications!

A Year for Dutch and Flemish Women Artists, 2025-2026

A post about exhibitions of art in 2025, as well as new books, to do with early modern Dutch and Flemish women artists.

artherstory.net

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d

Also - there's a new line of glorious #MariaSibyllaMerian merch!! These items - and more - are from Art Is NYC's new Merian line in the Woman Artists Collection.

See the full line at:
www.artisnyc.org/mariasybilla...

Museum store buyers, take note!
#hernaturalhistory

A photo of various objects featuring elements of a botanical drawing by Maria Sibylla Merian. In the center is a squarish notebook with a goldfinch pecking at a plant bud. On either side is a book mark and a pen/stylus. At top left is a recyclable tote with a red poppy. At top right is an umbrella with a light brown handle. At bottom is an eyeglass case, where again the bird features prominently.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

This Maria van Oosterwijck painting is on view now in the exhibition "Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750" at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, nmwa.org/exhibitions/...

The museum is not subject to govt shutdown; and it offers free admittance for furloughed federal workers.

Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 | Exhibition | National Museum of Women in the Arts

nmwa.org

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

Bouquet of Flowers with a Blue Ribbon, 1680, by #MariaVanOosterwijck (#MariaVanOosterwyck; Dutch, 1630–1693). Held by @artinstitutechi.bsky.social, artic.edu/artworks/264...

#artherstory #womenartists

A still life painting of a garland of flowers and fruit, including bunches of red and green grapes at the bottom, tied together at the top with a blue ribbon

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 2d

For more perspective on the artist by the same author, see

Sofonisba’s Impact
by Howard Burton
artherstory.net/sofonisbas-i...

Sofonisba's Impact

Howard Burton discusses Renaissance Italian painter Sofonisba Anguissola's influence on other Italian women artists, including her sisters.

artherstory.net

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 3d

Read this thoughtful portrait of Sofonisba Anguissola by filmmaker and author Howard Burton on @worldhistory.org

🗃️ #arthistory #art #skystorians #womenartists #artherstory

www.worldhistory.org/Sofonisba_An...

Sofonisba Anguissola: The Founder of Feminist Art

Sofonisba Anguissola (c. 1532-1625) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Cremona who achieved considerable fame during her lifetime as the first widely-known female artist. She was invited by the.....

www.worldhistory.org

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