Michaelina Wautier, also Woutiers (1604–1689), was a painter from the Southern Netherlands. Only since the turn of the 21st century has her work been recognized as that of an outstanding female Baroque artist, her works having been previously attributed to male artists, especially her brother Charles.
Portrait of Martino Martini is a painting by the Walloon artist Michaelina Wautier. Painted in 1654, it shows the Jesuit missionary Martino Martini. The work hangs in the Klesch private collection.
Two Boys Blowing Bubbles is a painting by the seventeenth-century Walloon artist Michaelina Wautier. It has been suggested that the painting is a double portrait, given the specific facial expressions and costumes of the two boys depicted are so distinctive. Besides the two boys, the painting depicts a candle and a sandtimer. As with the bubble, both are symbolic of the passing of time, and were familiar motifs in seventeenth-century painting.
Self-Portrait with Easel is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It apparently shows a female artist starting on her painting, having sketched the outline of the head of a portrait. It was painted some time in the 1640s. Despite having been part of various art collections since being completed, it was only identified as being by Wautier in 2013. For a long time, the painting was attributed to the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Indeed, a 1905 photograph of the painting showed the name Artemisia on the base of the column to the left. It is unknown who added this signature, which is no longer present. A watch with a pink ribbon attached to it sits on the easel, but the precise reason for its inclusion is not known.
The Mystical Marriage of Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a large religious painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted in 1649 and hangs in the diocesan seminary in Namur.
Two Girls as Saint Agnes and Saint Dorothea is a painting by the Walloon artist Michaelina Wautier. It was probably painted in the 1650s.
The Triumph of Bacchus is a painting by the Walloon artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted between 1650 and 1656 and is one of Wautier's greatest works, as well as her largest. Based on classical texts, the picture shows a procession with the drunken god Bacchus at its centre, surrounded by other humans, satyrs, and animals. It is notable for its large number of nude male figures, something uncommon from a woman artist in this period.
The Annunciation is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It is dated 1659, and is one of Wautier's last known paintings.
The Portrait of a Military Commander is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. The presence of the Wautier coat of arms on the painting has led some art historians to suggest that it depicts the artist's younger brother Pierre Wautier. It was painted some time in the 1650s, and is in a private collection.
Saint Joachim Reading a Book is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted some time in the 1650s. The painting is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Saint Joseph is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier, painted some time between 1650 and 1656. It is one of many paintings by Wautier in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Young Man Smoking a Pipe is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted in 1656. The content is possibly part of a series related to the five senses, with the pipe smoker in the painting representing the sense of smell.
Flower Garland with Dragonfly is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It was painted in 1652.
The Education of the Virgin is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It shows the young Virgin Mary with her mother Anne and her father Joachim. In the pillar on the right is the inscription "Michaelina Wautier, inuenit, et fecit 1656", indicating that she both composed and executed the painting in 1656. The work is now in a private collection.
Saint John the Evangelist is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It depicts Saint John the Evangelist carrying a chalice, an allusion to the legend that John survived the drinking of a chalice of poison as a demonstration of his faith. It was painted in the 1650s and is now part of a private collection in Italy.
Saint John the Baptist as a Boy is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It depicts Saint John the Baptist as a young shepherd, wearing a sheepskin cover over his right shoulder and with the traditional attributes of a lamp and a simple wooden staff in the shape of a cross. It was painted in the 1650s and is now in the collection of the Museo Lazaro Galdiano in Madrid. The work was previously attributed to the Spanish painter Juan Martín Cabezalero.
Saint Joachim is a painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It shows the saint, the father of the Virgin Mary, holding a book, a symbol of the linen traders that he represented.
Flower Garland with Butterfly is a lost painting by the Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier. It is suspected that the painting is a pendant of a similar still life, Flower Garland with Dragonfly. Both pictures have skulls at either side, follow a similar arrangement of the flowers, and were both painted in 1652.
The Five Senses is a series of five paintings depicting allegories of sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch, painted by Flemish artist Michaelina Wautier in 1650. Each sense is personified by a young boy. The paintings have been loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, by their owners, Rose-Marie and Eijk van Otterloo.
