Het vrouwelijk oog wil ook wat: vrouwen als opdrachtgevers, verzamelaars en kunstenaars

Abstract

Art is often a men's business. There is only room for women as a nude model or as a portrayed person. Jitske Jasperse nuances these propositions, citing the female artists Levina Teerlinc (d. 1576), Clara Peeters (d. after 1657), the Afro-American sculptor Edmonia Lewis (d. 1907) and the photographer Dorothea Lange (d. 1965) for the spotlight. She investigates, among other things, how their development as an artist progressed. Women were also clients. The medieval Countess Petronella of Holland (d. 1144), Eleanor of Aquitaine (d. 1204) and Queen Marie Antoinette (d. 1793) ordered silversmithing, manuscripts and sculpture. What message did they want to convey with this? Women collected art. Governess Margaret of Austria (d. 1530), Joséphine Vicomtesse de Beauharnais (d. 1814) and Peggy Guggenheim (d. 1979) possessed impressive art collections. They used their social networks to shape their collections. Jitske Jasperse goes against the ingrained views about women in art. She encourages everyone to walk through a museum with a new mindset, read an art history book or watch a cultural program