[Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, ABOUT 1892. WILL YOU BUY? AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY MESSRS. BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Mademoiselle Consuélo Fould, Painter] [Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY CHILDREN EATING SOUP IN A CHARITY SCHOOL. FROM AN ORIGINAL PICTURE EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS SALON IN 1901. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY NEWIDEIN Mademoiselle E. Herland, Painter] [Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY COURTSHIP FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Mdlle. Achille-Fould, Painter] [Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, CONTEMPORARY "BÉBÉ ET ZIZON." REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY NEWIDEIN Madame Lucas-Robiquet, Painter "DO YOU WANT A MODEL?" FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY NEWIDEIN Madame Réal del Sarte, Painter] [Illustration: THE LESSON. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN CLÉMENT & CO. Mlle. Joséphine Houssay, Painter] [Illustration: FRENCH SCHOOL, 1903 AND 1904 PORTRAIT. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Madame Le Roy, Painter] [Illustration: FLORA. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Mademoiselle Claudie, Painter] Women Painters in Belgium and in Holland By N. Jany. Translated by Edgar Preston As far as we are able to ascertain, the history of the present subject takes us back to the time of Hubert and Jean Van Eyck, whose sister Marguerite made a name for herself in art. In the important volume by M. J. du Jardin, "L'Art Flamand," there is reproduced a drawing "after" a miniature by Marguerite Van Eyck, representing St. Catherine and St. Agnes, but we read elsewhere that "no work can with certainty be attributed to her." Among women workers a century later, we find: Clara de Keyzer, Suzanne Horebout and Anna Smyters, all three of Ghent. Clara de Keyzer, who flourished about 1530, visited Germany, Italy, France and Spain. Suzanne Horebout (1503-1545) was the daughter of Gerard Horebout, a painter of Ghent, who betook himself to England, and became painter to Henry VIII. Dürer knew him at Antwerp, in 1521, and there paid homage to the skill of his daughter, who was then barely 18 years of age. She accompanied her father to England, and was there received with the utmost favour; she made a rich marriage with John Parcker (or Parker), one of the King's archers, and died full of honours in her adopted country. Anne Smyters who flourished about 1540, is named in words of praise by Van Mander, Vaernewyck and Guicciardini. She married the celebrated sculptor, Jean de Heere, and was the mother of Luc de Heere, the painter, who made a long stay in England, where, among other works of importance, he did a series of decorative paintings for the Earl of Lincoln.