Did you know there were female Dutch Old Masters? I didn’t. But apparently there were, though they were mostly relegated to painting still lifes (lives?), which were considered appropriate subject-matter for a person of femaleness. Also, due to the usual kinds of infuriating assumptions, many of their works have, over the years, been attributed to their male contemporaries, because Of Course. So if nothing else, I can thank this book for giving me some new knowledge.