The Chartreuse’s stroke of luck is not the first ... In 1603, Fontana settled in Rome, where she became the first woman to be elected to the prestigious Academy of Saint Luke.

A provincial museum in northern France has unveiled a picture now attributed to one of the greatest women painters of ... the collection of the Musée de la Chartreuse in Douai in northern France.

French museum uncovers in storage picture by Renaissance woman master A provincial museum ... his Daughter and a Maid” on display at the Museum de la Chartreuse in Douai, northern France.

Claude Thériez / Musée de la Chartreuse de Douai At age 25 ... which was an incredibly uncommon feat for women at the time. Before her death in 1614, she became the first woman accepted to ...

The picture – Portrait of a Gentleman, his Daughter and a Servant – will now be a centerpiece of the collection of the Musée de la Chartreuse ... of the very first women to make a career ...