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Michaelina Wautier, Painter

30 September 2025 - 22 February 2026

Michaelina Wautier, Painter

Exhibition: 30 September 2025 - 22 February 2026

The Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna is dedicating its fall exhibition to Michaelina Wautier. At a time when female artists were mainly concerned with still life or genre painting, Michaelina Wautier confidently succeeded in sophisticated historical painting. For a long time, no one wanted to believe that her impressive Bacchanal was the work of a woman. Her works show extraordinary originality, subtle humor and remarkable courage.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum now has the largest collection of Wautier’s paintings in the world. This exhibition brings together for the first time almost all of her surviving works, including her magnificent series The Five Senses, which will be on display in Europe for the first time.