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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’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 ...
Susan Joyce Vreeland (January 20, 1946 – August 23, 2017) was an American author.Several of her books deal with the relationship between art and fiction. [1] The Passion of Artemisia is a fictionalized investigation of some aspects of the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, [2] while Girl in Hyacinth Blue centers round an imaginary painting by Vermeer.
The following is an incomplete list of works by Artemisia Gentileschi. Catalogue numbers abbreviated "WB" are taken from the 1999 publication by Raymond Ward Bissell, [1] and number abbreviated "MET" are from the 2001 publication by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Other attributions are taken from Jesse Locker's The Language of Painting.
Artemisia is a 1997 French-German-Italian biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. [3] The film was directed by Agnès Merlet , and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault .
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]
It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London, which purchased it in 2018 for £3.6 million, including about £2.7 million from its American Friends group. [1] [2] It was painted during Gentileschi's time in Florence, [3] and is similar to her Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1619), now in the Uffizi Gallery. It is one of several ...
However, Gentileschi was known for singing, not for playing the lute. [7] Gentileschi’s use of rosy cheeks and a low neckline outfit that highlights her breasts gives the painting a sexual connotation that the previous women did not depict, making this the first known portrait of a woman expressing her sexual appeal. [4]