Massachusetts Region: Austen and Vermeer, Fellow Artists (HYBRID EVENT)

Austen and Vermeer, Fellow Artists

Reviewing the novel Emma in 1816, Walter Scott compared Jane Austen’s work to the genre painting of 17th century Flemish masters. This presentation by Marsha Huff examines a dozen paintings by Johannes Vermeer and pairs seven of them with passages from Austen’s novels to illustrate the comparable manner in which the two artists depicted the lives of women.

Huff is an attorney specializing in nonprofit organizations. She was co-coordinator of the 2005 Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Milwaukee and president of JASNA from 2006–2010. She was a breakout speaker at the 2019 AGM in Williamsburg and the 2021 AGM in Chicago. Her essay “Sir Thomas Bertram and the Slave Trade” appeared in the summer 2021 issue of Persuasions On-Line.

Massachusetts Region events are open to JASNA members for $5 and nonmembers for $10. 

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