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The master painter who outgrew the shadow of her husband

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Judith Leyster was a famous painter from the Netherlands. She became less active as a painter when she married Jan Miense Molenaer. Yet Judith herself became very well known.

People thought her paintings were very good. Many people now know her name and her work, even more than that of her husband. Thus, Judith Leyster became a great artist in Dutch art history.

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