Judith Leyster was only 18 or 19 years old when a poet from Haarlem praised her painting talent in a laudatory poem. After her death, she fell into obscurity and was only rediscovered towards the end of the nineteenth century. Today, she is regarded as one of the most important Dutch artists of the seventeenth century. Discover more about her life and artworks!

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Star painter of the seventeenth century

4:29 min. - Women of the Rijksmuseum