Artemisia is a 1997 French-German-Italian biographical film about Artemisia Gentileschi, the female Italian Baroque painter. The film was directed by Agnès Merlet, and stars Valentina Cervi and Michel Serrault.
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Artemisia Lomi or Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing professional work by the age of 15. In an era when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence and she had an international clientele.
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638–39
Judith and her Maidservant, 1625, Detroit Institute of Arts
Susanna and the Elders, 1610, earliest of her surviving works, Schönborn Collection, Pommersfelden
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1610–1615, Budapest