Artemisia Gentileschi
Italian Baroque painter (1593—1651) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter.
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Born | (1593-07-08)8 July 1593 |
Died | c. 1656 |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Painting |
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Style | Baroque |
Movement | Accademia delle Arti del Disegno |
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Gentileschi was born in Rome in 1593. This was at the start of Baroque painting. She was the first child of the Tuscan painter Orazio Gentileschi. Artemisia trained in his workshop for a number of years before making works herself.[1] She was influenced by the painter Caravaggio.[2]
Gentileschi's first signed and dated painting was Susanna and the Elders. It was dated 1610, which was when she was 17. In 1616, Gentileschi became the first woman member of the Accademia del Disegno (the Florentine Academy of Art).[3]
Her most well-known painting is Judith Beheading Holofernes.[4]
Gentileschi moved to Naples in 1630[5][3] and visited London, England in 1639. Gentileschi died in Naples, but the exact date is unknown. It was some time after 1654.[5]