Artemisia Gentileschi
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Artemisia Lomi 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 p
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, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Agostino Tassi
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Agostino Tassi was an Italian landscape and seascape painter who was convicted of raping Artemisia Gentileschi in 1612.
Artemisia Gentileschi
…handling colour to express dimension and drama. Her achievements as an artist were long overshadowed by the story of her rape at around 18 years old by Agostino Tassi and her being tortured to give evidence during his subsequent trial. For many years Gentileschi was regarded as a curiosity, but her life and art have…
The Fleet of Aeneas, by Tassi
Competition on the Capitoline Hill
The Embarkation of a Queen, c. 1615
The Coral Fishers, c. 1622