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Originally Posted by Christy Talbott
It's a shame that only two of Judith's paintings are known of after her marriage. I suppose having children ended her career. You have to wonder too if it could have been that she neglected her painting for the love of her husband who wasn't considered as talented a painter... you know, there is that male ego!
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Christy, it's interesting that these thing happen so often today.
A third possibility--and this has been tossed around by art historians, is that she collaborated wth her husband on paintings to help him in his career, and he signed them with his name. It isn't too far-fetched, because this kind of thing was pretty common. There were in fact whole families of artists, whose sons married the daughters of famous painters, who then produced more talented children, and all worked in the studio to produce paintings under one or two names.
It would be interesting to do a study of Molenaer's work after his marriage to see if it improved!
