Katlijne Van der Stighelen is a retired Full Professor at KU Leuven and is the author of the exhibition catalogue Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689): Glorifying a Forgotten Talent (Rubenshuis-BAI, Antwerp, 2018). She is also one of the editors and authors of the catalogue of the exhibition Michaelina Wautier in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (2025–2026) and The Royal Academy in London (2026).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The True Story behind the Artist; 2 Patrons, Patronage and Art Lovers; 3 Charles as the Elder Brother; 4 Wautier and Her Female Colleagues; 5 Michaelina as a Painter; Epilogue; Bibliography; List of Images

‘No one has done more to bring Michaelina Wautier to our attention as a first-rate painter of the Flemish baroque than the author of this first study of the artist’s work. Including new research into her biography, it also discusses her most important patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, and provides an overview of her known paintings.’ Apollo, April 2026

Katlijne Van der Stighelen is a retired Full Professor at KU Leuven and is the author of the exhibition catalogue Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689): Glorifying a Forgotten Talent (Rubenshuis-BAI, Antwerp, 2018). She is also one of the editors and authors of the catalogue of the exhibition Michaelina Wautier in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (2025–2026) and The Royal Academy in London (2026).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The True Story behind the Artist; 2 Patrons, Patronage and Art Lovers; 3 Charles as the Elder Brother; 4 Wautier and Her Female Colleagues; 5 Michaelina as a Painter; Epilogue; Bibliography; List of Images

‘No one has done more to bring Michaelina Wautier to our attention as a first-rate painter of the Flemish baroque than the author of this first study of the artist’s work. Including new research into her biography, it also discusses her most important patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, and provides an overview of her known paintings.’ Apollo, April 2026

Katlijne Van der Stighelen is a retired Full Professor at KU Leuven and is the author of the exhibition catalogue Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689): Glorifying a Forgotten Talent (Rubenshuis-BAI, Antwerp, 2018). She is also one of the editors and authors of the catalogue of the exhibition Michaelina Wautier in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna (2025–2026) and The Royal Academy in London (2026).

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The True Story behind the Artist; 2 Patrons, Patronage and Art Lovers; 3 Charles as the Elder Brother; 4 Wautier and Her Female Colleagues; 5 Michaelina as a Painter; Epilogue; Bibliography; List of Images

‘No one has done more to bring Michaelina Wautier to our attention as a first-rate painter of the Flemish baroque than the author of this first study of the artist’s work. Including new research into her biography, it also discusses her most important patron, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, and provides an overview of her known paintings.’ Apollo, April 2026