Description:While browsing an auction house for a table, the author noticed a magnificent eighteenth-century watercolour copy of a painting by Rubens, listed as ‘Attributed to Catherine da Costa’. What followed was a painstaking search for information about this seemingly unknown artist. Lew traces not only the history of Catherine’s family but also of Jews in 16th, 17th and 18th century Spain, Portugal and England. Catherine da Costa was the first ever recorded female ‘Jewish painter’, and the first English-born ‘one’, male or female! Now he wonders whether he might be the only private person on earth to own two Catherine da Costa paintings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Smitten by Catherine. To get started finding Smitten by Catherine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: While browsing an auction house for a table, the author noticed a magnificent eighteenth-century watercolour copy of a painting by Rubens, listed as ‘Attributed to Catherine da Costa’. What followed was a painstaking search for information about this seemingly unknown artist. Lew traces not only the history of Catherine’s family but also of Jews in 16th, 17th and 18th century Spain, Portugal and England. Catherine da Costa was the first ever recorded female ‘Jewish painter’, and the first English-born ‘one’, male or female! Now he wonders whether he might be the only private person on earth to own two Catherine da Costa paintings.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Smitten by Catherine. To get started finding Smitten by Catherine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.