🎨 Arts October 21, 2026 at 04:01 PM

She Painted the First Known Self-Portrait of an Artist at Work—and Signed It—Nearly 500 Years Ago. Who Was Catharina van Hemessen?

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

A new exhibition in Belgium is celebrating Catharina van Hemessen, a pioneering 16th-century Flemish painter, by restoring her to prominence in art history for her unique self-portrait.

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