Caterina or Catharina van Hemessen was a Flemish Renaissance painter. She is the earliest female Flemish painter for whom there is verifiable extant work. She is mainly known for a series of small-scale portraits of women completed between the late 1540s and early 1550s as well as a few religious compositions.
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About this person
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1528 to 1600 · aged 72
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