Complete Corpus
Total Paintings
784
Unique Artists
193
Collections
350
Date Range
1180–2000
median: 1861.0
Top Artists
| Angelica Kauffmann | 10 |
| Beatrix Potter | 10 |
| Berthe Morisot | 10 |
| Germaine Chardon | 10 |
| Judy Chicago | 10 |
Principal Collections
| Unknown | 92 |
| Bavarian State Painting Collections | 18 |
| Nationalmuseum | 18 |
| Tate | 17 |
| Department of Paintings of the Louvre | 14 |
By Century
| 12th century | 1 |
| 13th century | 16 |
| 14th century | 2 |
| 15th century | 19 |
| 16th century | 52 |
| 17th century | 93 |
| 18th century | 63 |
| 19th century | 227 |
| 20th century | 212 |
| 21th century | 1 |
Female Artists
Total Paintings
395
Unique Artists
87
Collections
201
Date Range
1180–2000
median: 1888
Top Artists
| Angelica Kauffmann | 10 |
| Beatrix Potter | 10 |
| Berthe Morisot | 10 |
| Germaine Chardon | 10 |
| Judy Chicago | 10 |
Principal Collections
| Unknown | 74 |
| Smithsonian American Art Museum | 12 |
| Tate | 12 |
| Nationalmuseum | 9 |
| Department of Paintings of the Louvre | 7 |
By Century
| 12th century | 1 |
| 16th century | 9 |
| 17th century | 34 |
| 18th century | 38 |
| 19th century | 111 |
| 20th century | 145 |
| 21th century | 1 |
Male Artists
Total Paintings
389
Unique Artists
106
Collections
209
Date Range
1200–1972
median: 1816
Top Artists
| Albert Anker | 6 |
| El Greco | 6 |
| Gustav Courbet | 6 |
| Gustav Klimt | 6 |
| Hieronymus Bosch | 6 |
Principal Collections
| Unknown | 18 |
| Bavarian State Painting Collections | 15 |
| Museo del Prado | 9 |
| Nationalmuseum | 9 |
| Metropolitan Museum of Art | 8 |
By Century
| 13th century | 16 |
| 14th century | 2 |
| 15th century | 19 |
| 16th century | 43 |
| 17th century | 59 |
| 18th century | 25 |
| 19th century | 116 |
| 20th century | 67 |
Comparative Analysis
Female Artists
395
Total Paintings
Artists: 87
Date Range: 1180–2000
Median Year: 1888
Licensed: 394
Male Artists
389
Total Paintings
Artists: 106
Date Range: 1200–1972
Median Year: 1816
Licensed: 389
Methodology
This comparative dataset provides a balanced representation of paintings by artists of different genders, compiled from Wikidata with full attribution metadata from Wikimedia Commons.
Collection Parameters
- · Data Source: Wikidata structured data for paintings with gender-identified artists
- · Target Size: 400 paintings per gender category
- · Diversity Constraint: Maximum 10 paintings per female artist, 6 per male artist
- · Attribution: Complete TASL (Title, Author, Source, License) metadata
File Organization
Images are organized with systematic naming: GENDER_number_artist_title_year.extension
This facilitates programmatic analysis while maintaining human readability.
This dataset is designed for comparative art historical research and computational analysis, with careful attention to licensing requirements and proper attribution.