Michaelina Wautier

Editors: Gerlinde Gruber is Curator of Flemish Painting at the Picture Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Katlijne Van der Stighelen is Emeritus Full Professor of the Department of Art History at KU Leuven (Belgium). Julien Domercq is Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Authors: Jean Bastiaensen is an independent archival researcher and palaeographer specialised in Dutch and Flemish sources from the 14th to 17th centuries. Anne Delvingt, Ph.D. in Art History (University of Brussels), is an independent researcher. Kirsten Derks is an FWO (Research Foundation – Flanders) postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Antwerp, where she is affiliated with the ARCHES and AXIS research groups. Pierre-Yves Kairis is honorary senior research fellow of the Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (IRPA) in Brussels. Alice Limb is the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Paintings Conservation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lara de Merode is Curator for Flemish Painting 1650–1748 and Foreign Schools at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium. Charlotte Roosen is Curatorial Research Assistant at the Picture Gallery of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Sabine van Sprang is Senior Curator for Flemish Painting 1550–1650 at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium.

• 6 Foreword8 Acknowledgements11 Michaelina Wautier: The Challenges of ReconstructionGerlinde Gruber and Julien Domercq22 Michaelina Wautier: A ChronologyCharlotte Roosen29 Michaelina’s Style: Blended BrillianceKatlijne Van der Stighelen61 Michaelina Herself: From Face to PhenomenonKatlijne Van der Stighelen71 Charles Wautier: Status quaestionisAnne Delvingt and Pierre-Yves Kairis89 Michaelina Wautier and Artistic BrusselsSabine van Sprang and Lara de Merode107 A Revised Biography of Michaelina WautierJean Bastiaensen123 Michaelina Wautier’s Paintings in the Habsburg CollectionsGerlinde Gruber135 The Materials and Techniques of Michaelina Wautier’s The Five SensesKirsten Derks and Alice Limb146 List of Works compiled by Charlotte Roosen162 Notes172 Bibliography181 Lenders to the Exhibition182 Photographic Acknowledgements185 Index

"…it should be noted that the outstanding quality of Wautier's paintings is well served not only by the exhibition itself but also by the design of the catalogue, in particular the superb quality of its numerous colour illustrations and the many well-chosen details." - Burlington Magazine