1119: Lavinia Fontana One of the Earliest Professional Female Painters of All Time Born: 24 August 1552, Bologna, Papal States (Present-day Bologna, Italy) Died: 11 August 1614, Rome, Papal States (Present-day Rome, Italy) Lavinia is considered the first female artist outside of a court or convent whose name is known today. She was also one…
799: Antonietta Gonzalvus The Hairy Noblewoman Born: c.1588, France Death Date Unknown, Capodimonte, Italy Also Spelled: Antonietta Gonzalez Antonietta was the daughter of one of the most famous Hypertrichosis sufferers, Petrus Gonsalvus, and his “normal” wife Catherine. Antonietta was one of seven children. Three of her siblings were “normal” and three others besides Antonietta had…