# Catharina van Hemessen: *Signature Works* Mar 4 – May 30, 2027 · coming up · The H J Hyams Room (Room 1) Small-scale paintings by the 16th-century Antwerp artist Catharina van Hemessen, who signed and dated her works. The first UK exhibition devoted to van Hemessen brings together small, finely painted pictures by a Flemish Renaissance artist who put her name on her work at a time when few women were painters. Her 1551 portrait, inscribed with her name and the year, is the starting point. She is the only 16th-century Flemish woman painter known to have signed her paintings. The show is organised with the Museum Snijders&Rockoxhuis in Antwerp and is free to visit. Full details: [nationalgallery.org.uk](https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/catharina-van-hemessen) ## At [National Gallery](https://onview.so/london/national-gallery.md) Museum in Westminster, London. - Address: Trafalgar Square, London, WC2N 5DN - Hours: Daily 10–6 (Fri to 9) · Free - Website: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/ - Directions: - On the map: https://onview.so/london/map/national-gallery --- On View's listing, as of Wednesday, October 21, 2026. This page: https://onview.so/london/national-gallery/signature-works. Every gallery and museum in London: https://onview.so/london.md. All of On View: https://onview.so/llms.txt