Source: National Archives & Historic Records of County of Hainaut (Belgium)
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Michaelina Wautier 🇧🇪

Michaelina Wautier / Woutiers (Known as "Michaelina Wautier")
Flemish Baroque Master Painter, Creator of The Triumph of Bacchus and Archducal Panels
Born Jan 01, 1604 🇧🇪 Mons, Belgium
Passed Away Jan 01, 1689 Brussels, Duchy of Brabant (Belgium)
Lifespan 85 years old
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"Art knows no boundaries of sex; the mind and brush recognize only the pursuit of mastery."

Archival Overview

Extraordinary Flemish Baroque painter whose monumental masterpiece The Triumph of Bacchus demonstrated command over large-scale historical and mythological genres rarely permitted to women of her era.

Biographical Record

Originating from Mons in Hainaut, Wautier moved to Brussels with her painter brother Charles in the 1640s, working in the artistic circle around Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, who acquired four of her major paintings for his imperial collection.

Unlike her female contemporaries restricted to flower still lifes, Wautier excelled across monumental history painting, detailed religious canvases, and expressive genre portraits. In The Triumph of Bacchus, she audaciously painted herself as a half-nude bacchante among pagan revelers.

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Final Resting Place

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Church of Notre-Dame de la Chapelle
Brussels, Belgium
GPS: 50.8417, 4.3517
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