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Oval shaped locket with a portrait of a woman wearing a yellow, low cut dress and a string of pearls in front of a blue backdrop

Image: Susannah-Penelope Rosse (circa 1655–1700), England, Nell Gwyn, circa 1675?, watercolor on vellum, mounted on card, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann in memory of Julius Fleischmann, 1990.1790

Mighty Women in Miniature

July 27, 2019–November 29, 2020 | Gallery 213

Free Admission

In the past centuries, when few women found success as professional artists, a surprising number of them had productive careers as miniature painters. Mighty Women in Miniature examines these artists who went beyond the culturally accepted boundaries of womanhood. Close to sixty works will be on view, each having a fascinating story to tell. The display spans five centuries, from Levina Teerlinc working in the sixteenth century to Violet Brunton-Angless painting in the 1930s.