Eight female artists from art history, National Gallery

Fiona Alderton takes a tour of some of the paintings painted by women in the National Gallery collection, including: Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, who painted portraits of Marie Antoinette and fled the French Revolution Rosa Bonheur, who obtained the French authorities permission to wear men s clothes so she could paint without harassment, Rachel Ruysch, whose Dutch still life masterpieces often sold for more in her lifetime than Rembrandt s did in his, and many more. Timestamps and links to further