and cultural history to show how Atkins deftly navigated—and challenged—the gendered constraints of Victorian society to produce a quietly radical body of work

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Michaelina Wautier for the book worm and cultural history to showKatlijne Van der Stighelen Discover the technical brilliance and intellectual daring of this Baroque painter whose artistry defied convention and expectation. Little is known about the early life of the Flemish Baroque painter Michaelina Wautier (16041689). She was born to an upper class family in Mons, in present day Belgium, and her complex, diverse body of work suggests a certain level of education and exposure to various artistic traditions. In