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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 .
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-portrait as St Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1615, oil on canvas, 71 x 71 cm. The National Gallery, London The National Gallery, London It is possible that this painting is related to the events of the Ballo delle Zingare, a performance of the Dance of the Romani Women recorded by Cesare Tinghi, the Medici court ...
Allegory of Inclination is a 1615-1617 oil on canvas painting by Artemisia Gentileschi on the ceiling of the Galleria in the Casa Buonarroti, in Florence. [1] The painting depicts a young nude female seated in the heavens holding a compass.
Artemisia Gentileschi’s painting skills quickly surpass her father’s, but society dictates that as a woman, she must stay home and protect her virtue. Author Elizabeth Fremantle deftly paints ...
In 2014, it was sold in Paris for €865,000 (approx. $1.15 million USD at the time), more than €600,000 Euros above the asking price—a record price at the time for a work by Gentileschi. That record was broken in 2018 with the sale of her Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria .
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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, also known as Autoritratto in veste di Pittura or simply La Pittura, was painted by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The oil-on-canvas painting measures 98.6 by 75.2 centimetres (38.8 in × 29.6 in) and was probably produced during Gentileschi's stay in England between 1638 and 1639.
The artist, Gentileschi painted this portrait depicting herself as a female martyr when she was twenty-two. [9] Helen Clements describes Gentileschi’s painting as portraying herself in a gentle and more intimate manner. [9] Clements commented on the way Gentileschi looked in the painting mentioning that the women looks very soft. [9]