A new study explores the portrait practice of Beale, the most famous of the early female professional painters in Britain ...

from the 17th Century to the end of the 19th Century. These clips are taken from the BBC series The Britain that Women Made. Suitable for: Art and Design and History at KS3 in England, Wales and ...

So it has been to a large degree with the art of France in the 17th century—a century that for a long time seemed too staid and static for modern tastes. Since World War II, museums on both ...