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Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi (US: / ˌ dʒ ɛ n t i ˈ l ɛ s k i /; [1] [2] Italian: [arteˈmiːzja dʒentiˈleski]; 8 July 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio .
Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr, is also known as the Self-Portrait as a Martyr Saint. [1] This painting was created by the Italian female artist, Artemisia Gentileschi. [1] This self-portrait was made around 1615 depicting the artist herself as a martyr. [2] It is one of two paintings by Gentileschi painted with oil on a wood panel. [3]
The 2001 exhibition catalogue on Artemisia Gentileschi and her father Orazio remarked that "the painting is generally recognized as Artemisia's finest work". [1] Others have concurred, and the art historian Letizia Treves concluded that, with this painting, "Artemisia rightly takes her place among the leading artists of the Italian Baroque." [4]
For more than 100 years it had been kept in storage at Hampton Court Palace after being mis-attributed to an anonymous French artist.
Others have seen both the hand of father and daughter, [3] but there is now consensus that the painting is solely by Artemisia. [4] [1] The confident pose of the and luxurious black costume evoke the portraits done by Anthony van Dyck and Pieter Paul Rubens in Genoa at the same time, but there is no evidence to suggest Artemisia visited the city.
Agostino Tassi (born Agostino Buonamici; 1578 – 1644) was an Italian landscape and seascape painter who was convicted of raping Artemisia Gentileschi in 1612. [1] Because he aspired to nobility he modified the details of his early life. Though he was born in Perugia he claimed to have been born in Rome.
Artemisia Gentileschi was around twenty years of age when she painted Judith Slaying Holofernes. Previously, Gentileschi had also completed Susanna and the Elders and Madonna and Child. These artworks already give an indication of Gentileschi's skill in representing body movement and facial expressions to express emotions. X-rays undertaken on ...
The painting is generally accepted as being by Gentileschi but there have been some doubts cast. It was included in the catalogue raisonné by Raymond Ward Bissell, [1] but the 2001 exhibition catalogue on the Artemisia and her father Orazio considers it to be done by the workshop of Simon Vouet. [2]