Michaelina Wautier (1604 1689) is a name unfamiliar even to connoisseurs of Old Master painting. This handsome book seeks to correct that, by exploring the surviving portraits, history paintings, genre scenes and still-lifes that can be identified as hers. Born at Mons, Wautier pursued a successful career in Brussels, which was then ruled by Archduke Leopold Wilhelm, Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands, whose collection ended up at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. This handsome book, produced by the Kunsthistorisches Museum in collaboration with the Royal Academy, brings together all the latest scholarship on the artist, alongside several exciting new attributions. Text in English and German. SELLING POINTS: . All the latest scholarship on this unjustly little-known artist, alongside several exciting new attributions . Published to accompany an exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum October 2025 January 2026, and at the Royal Academy of Arts 27 February 21 June 2026 125 colour illustrations