Candlelight subjects were unfashionable in Paris where Anna Maria Therbusch nonetheless submitted one for candidacy to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She was denied one of three positions allotted to female artists on the grounds that a woman could not have painted such an accomplished work, Therbusch agreed to be observed painting by the male committee and was admitted to membership on her second attempt. A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight, c. 1767. Anna Dorothea Therbusch (German, 1721/22–1782). Oil on canvas; canvas: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.); framed: x cm (48
Candlelight subjects were unfashionable in Paris where Anna Maria Therbusch nonetheless submitted one for candidacy to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. She was denied one of three positions allotted to female artists on the grounds that a woman could not have painted such an accomplished work, Therbusch agreed to be observed painting by the male committee and was admitted to membership on her second attempt. A Scientist Seated at a Desk by Candlelight, c. 1767. Anna Dorothea Therbusch (German, 1721/22–1782). Oil on canvas; canvas: 100 x 81 cm (39 3/8 x 31 7/8 in.); framed: x cm (48 x 40 3/4 in.).
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