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Judith Noorman presents plenary lecture at Codart 27
On Monday March 15, Judith Noorman wil present a plenary lecture at Codart 27 conference in Ghent: Telling Her Story: Female Creators, Collaborators and Collectors. Judith’s lecture is about women as consumers, collectors, and connoisseurs. The day will be chaired by Hanna Klarenbeek and among the other speakers are Katlijne Van der Stighelen, Andaleeb Badiee Banta, and Frederica Van Dam.
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Unforgettable: New Exhibition, Catalogue and Symposium
Unforgettable. Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 is now on view in Ghent, where it opened on 7 March 2026, following its earlier presentation at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. The exhibition brings together more than 150 works by early modern women artists from the Low Countries and highlights the richness and variety of their artistic practices. We are proud…
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Maria de Knuijt in the spotlight again!
We are grateful for the continued attention to our research on Maria de Knuijt, which allows us to reach a wide, non-academic audience. New insights into Johannes Vermeer’s clientele, presented in a recent article by Piet Bakker and Judith Noorman, have attracted interest in social and other public media. Recently, the Mauritshuis released a video for International Women’s Day, and Joke de Wolf…
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New Course: Anonymous Was a Woman
In June and July 2026, Judith Noorman will teach the OSK Summer School course: ‘Anonymous Was a Woman.’ This course is about anonymous women in portraiture — a vast corpus of artworks (larger than its male counterpart). Registration has closed as the course is fully booked.
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The Woman Behind Vermeer: Publications and Podcast on Maria de Knuijt
In March 2023, during the Vermeer Symposium at the Rijksmuseum, Judith Noorman and Piet Bakker presented new research identifying Maria de Knuijt as Vermeer’s primary patron and protector. Their findings challenge the long-held assumption that the Delft collector Pieter van Ruijven was Vermeer’s main client. By uncovering new documents and reexamining earlier sources, Judith and Piet show a different picture: it was Van Ruijven’s wife, Maria…
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Edited Volume Following The Female Impact Symposium
We are delighted to announce a forthcoming edited volume based on the presentations and discussions from The Female Impact Symposium, held on June 30 and July 1, 2025, at the Trippenhuis in Amsterdam. The volume will be published in Brill’s Studies on Art, Art History, and Intellectual History, a series which is edited by Walter Melion. It will…
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Interview in Kleio: Women on the Seventeenth-Century Art Market
Project member Marleen Puyenbroek was recently interviewed for Kleio, the Dutch magazine for history teachers. The special issue “Meer kleur in de klas met kunst” was guest-edited by Christie Klinkert (Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem). In conversation with Maud Wilbrink, Marleen discusses her research on working women in the seventeenth-century art market — from paint sellers to art dealers — and reflects on why these women…
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Master’s Students Create Magazine on Wendela Bicker
How do you interpret archival traces to uncover the life of a 17th-century woman? Three Master’s students took on that challenge during a tutorial led by Judith Noorman, resulting in a thorough and beautifully designed magazine about Wendela Bicker, the wife of Grand Pensionary Johan de Witt. For four weeks, students Kirsten van Tunen, Bente…
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Judith Noorman’s Keynote Talk at the Center for Netherlandish Art
Since early April, Judith has been in residence at the Center for Netherlandish Art in Boston, where she serves as the second Hans Brenninckmeyer Senior Fellow. On Thursday May 15, she will deliver a Keynote Talk at the CNA, presenting new findings from our ongoing research project, The Female Impact. Her lecture will open a scholarly day of presentations—the third…
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New Perspective on the Portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde
During her internship with The Female Impact and the Rijksmuseum, Anne-Linde Ruiter explored the pendant portrait of Geertruida den Dubbelde, wife of Admiral Aert van Nes. Through close visual and archival analysis, combined with research into the roles of seafarers’ wives, Ruiter proposes a new interpretation of Den Dubbelde’s gesture and the maritime background in her portrait. Rather than a passive depiction…