17th-century women artists – female painters, miniaturists, calligraphers, engravers and sculptors who were active in 17th century (born between 1580 and 1700).
Asia
China
Ma Shouzhen (c. 1548–1604) – Gējì and artist, painter, poet, and composer.
Fang Weiyi (1585-1668) – aristocratic poet, calligrapher, painter and literature historian.
Lin Xue (d. after 1642) – Gējì, poet, painter, and calligrapher
Anne Killigrew (1660–1685) - poet and painter, portrait painter at the court of James II
Apollonia Kickius (1669 -1695) (or Kickieus or Kickeus) - active in Scotland. Daughter of artist Edward Kickius (thought to be German or Dutch and also known as Everhardus Kickius or Everard Kick)
Penelope Cleyn (active 1668–1677) - daughter of the German painter and tapestry designer Francis Cleyn. Her sisters Sarah and Magdalen were also painters.
Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614) – daughter of painter Prospero Fontana. First female career artist in Western Europe as she relied on commissions for her income.
Giovanna Garzoni (1600–1670) – niece of painter Pietro Gaia, worked at the court of the Duke of Alcala, the court of the Duke of Savoy and as official court painter for the Grand Duke Ferdinando II Medici.
Margareta Capsia (1682–1759) - the first professional native female artist in Finland, which during her lifetime was a part of Sweden.
Anna Maria Thelott (1683–1710) - an engraver, an illustrator, a woodcut-artist, and a miniaturist painter. Daughter of engraver and watchmaker Philip Jacob Thelott the Elder.
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