I KNOW.
It’s as though she was somehow able to see what future artists would take years to see.
I am not at all deep into the study of art, but I have some interest for the subject. And yet, I never HEARD of her.
I am ashamed to admit. I loved the artists of that period.
I was looking at Leonardo’s bio just last night.
I never heard of her either. There is some argument made that the lack of commission contracts made it difficult for researchers to identify her work. When I was in college, my Renaissance instructor’s area of research was identifying who sculpted which statue on the outside of a cathedral based on the payroll records of the local stone quarry. That’s when I decided AGAINST going into art history. I believe that she’s only being remembered now because feminist museum curators are bringing her forward.