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Chapter 1 - Show-Offs

Women’s Self-Portrait Prints c. 1700

from Part I - Self-Presentation and Self-Promotion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2024

Cristina S. Martinez
Affiliation:
University of Ottawa
Cynthia E. Roman
Affiliation:
Yale University
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Men’s reliance on the self-portrait print to cement their legacies and secure undying fame is well established. While a few outstanding women experimented with the genre, the medium’s peripatetic, sociable life – works that were gifted, liberally shared, and even transported on the body – was at odds with traditional ideas about women’s place within the private realm. Studying the handful of examples created by women across Europe from c. 1700 onwards – including etchings by Anna Maria van Schurman, Maria de Wilde, Angelika Kauffmann, and others – this chapter examines the strategies they developed to present themselves in print, ever mindful that by showing themselves off they risked opening themselves up to a range of personal and often harsh judgements.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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