A boy in blue leans to his left while holding a violin in a work by this artist; the central figure in that portrait sits with her mouth slightly open, turned to her right with her right arm resting on a chair as she holds a brush and palette.
In one work by this artist, a previous owner had one figure painted over and replaced with a low table; a 1993 cleaning restored that figure, a leering skeleton holding an hourglass and a skull, who stares down at a man in blue and purple who tilts a jug into his mouth, while his friend in red turns over an empty mug towards the ground. Frima Fox Hofricther credited this artist with the innovation of burning candles as the light source in night scenes, tracing this to the influence of the Utrecht Caravaggisti. A lit foot-warmer sits under the blue skirt of a woman who stares at the sewing in her hands as a man in purple places his left hand on her shoulder and holds out a handful of coins in a painting by this artist of The Last Drop. A boy in blue leans to his left while holding a violin in a work by this artist; the central figure in that portrait sits with her mouth slightly open, turned to her right with her right arm resting on a chair as she holds a brush and palette. For 10 points, name this Dutch female artist of that self-portrait and The Proposition. 
In one work by this artist, a previous owner had one figure painted over and replaced with a low table; a 1993 cleaning restored that figure, a leering skeleton holding an hourglass and a skull, who stares down at a man in blue and purple who tilts a jug into his mouth, while his friend in red turns over an empty mug towards the ground.
Judith Leyster 