Margaretha van Godewijk

Margaretha van Godewijk (30 August 1627, Dordrecht – 2 November 1677, Dordrecht), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and painter.

She could understand Hebrew, and was clever at making rhymes.

[1] She learned to paint from Nicolaes Maes and was skilled at painting landscapes, villas, houses, flowers and all sorts of ships, in oils, watercolours, and embroidery.

[1] She was also good at astronomy and making diamond engravings on glass (roemers).

[2] According to the RKD she was a pupil of Cornelis Bisschop and became a flower painter, but no works survive.