So I took a small class about women in art history. I'm not too keen on history, but knowing what women had to do to enter in the art world really caught my attention. You will find inspirational works from different periods from women and men that influenced the times too.
The Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry, Herman, Paul, and Jean de Limbourg (Franco-Netherlandish, active in France, by 1399–1416), 1405-1408/1409, From the collection of: The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
Boy playing the Flute, Judith Leyster, c. 1630s, From the collection of: Nationalmuseum Sweden
Self-Portrait, Judith Leyster, c. 1630, From the collection of: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Ploughing in Nevers, Rosa Bonheur, 1849, From the collection of: Musée d’Orsay, Paris
[Rosa Bonheur], André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, 1861–1864, From the collection of: The J. Paul Getty Museum
The Kiss, Auguste Rodin, c. 1882-87 (model), From the collection of: The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Honoring Camille Claudel... talented student of Rodin. Can't find any of her works here
Judith and Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620 - 1621, From the collection of: Uffizi Gallery
Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura), Artemisia Gentileschi, 1638-1639, From the collection of: Royal Collection Trust, UK
Madonna and Child, Longhi, Barbara, about 1580-1585, From the collection of: Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Portrait of a Lady with a Dog, Lavinia Fontana, 1552/1614, From the collection of: Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Cymon and Iphigenia, Angelica Kauffman, ca. 1780, From the collection of: Gibbes Museum of Art
Elizabeth Bateson (née Harvey), Angelica Kauffmann RA, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81), ca. 1770, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art
Rinaldo and Armida, Angelica Kauffmann RA, 1741–1807, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–81), 1771, From the collection of: Yale Center for British Art
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Nationalmuseum Sweden
Musée d’Orsay, Paris
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
The Cloisters Museum and Gardens
The J. Paul Getty Museum
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Gibbes Museum of Art
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
Uffizi Gallery
Yale Center for British Art
Royal Collection Trust, UK
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC