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Totally, like they diminished that achievement, can't they judge the painting for its painting, now I've been thinking in our history before when art was in it's earliest development, woman might not have a chance to showcase themselves before, unlike today art is versatile and open to everyone.
I just remebered that when she was painting for her husband that he/she was praised as a painter with the hands of God, but after the trial it's never brought up again and it seems like evryone has forgotten about that