Michaelina Wautier: ‘She Designed It and She Made It’

Michaelina Wautier - Self Portrait I recently enjoyed an exhibition of the work of seventeenth century painter Michaelina Wautier (The Royal Academy, London until 21 June). Poorly documented, and, for nearly three centuries, largely forgotten, her achievements are finally being recognised. Wautier was born around 1614 in the city of Mons in the Spanish Netherlands (present-day Belgium). With no…