Work depicting Roman heroine Lucretia was in a private collection for 40 years

Painting of Lucretia has been in a private collection in Lyon for the past 40 years and is estimated to sell for over €600,000

We look back at the women who were written out of art history with National Gallery curator Letizia Treves, Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum director Jordana Pomeroy and artist Helen Cammock

The portrait has striking similarities to a recent acquisition by the National Gallery in London

We speak to curators Letizia Treves and Jordana Pomeroy about the growing trend to bring historical female artists to the fore. Plus, Kate MacGarry tells us about participating in Condo London. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Major works by 14 women artists are expected to dominate Sotheby’s Masters Week offerings and bring more 'diverse' collectors

Exhibition of Europe’s greatest female Old Master will include museum's freshly conserved acquisition

The female Italian Baroque artist's depiction of Lucretia is thought to have been in European collection since the 19th century

Piece by Italian Baroque painter was sold in Paris last year for €2.4m

Self-portrait as Saint Catherine, another woman who resisted, achieves record price for the artist