Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1656

Artemisia Gentileschi Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1615–1617
Artemisia Gentileschi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Artemisia Gentileschi (July 8, 1593 – c. 1656) was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio. In an era when women painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence.
She painted many pictures of strong and suffering women from myths and the Bible – victims, suicides, warriors.
Her best-known work is Judith Slaying Holofernes (a well-known medieval and baroque subject in art), which "shows the decapitation of Holofernes, a scene of horrific struggle and blood-letting". That she was a woman painting in the seventeenth century and that she was raped and participated in the prosecution of the rapist long overshadowed her achievements as an artist. For many years she was regarded as a curiosity. Today she is regarded as one of the most progressive and expressive painters of her generation.

Artemisia Gentileschi - Madonna and Child 1609 Artemisia Gentileschi - Susanna and the Elders 1610 Artemisia Gentileschi - Woman Playing a Lute. Joueuse de luth 1654 Artemisia Gentileschi - Danae 1612 Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Beheading Holofernes 1612 Artemisia Gentileschi - Mother and Child 1612 Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith and her Maidservant 1613 Artemisia Gentileschi - Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy 1613 Artemisia Gentileschi - Mary Magdalen 1613-1620
Madonna and Child 1609 Susanna and the Elders 1610 Woman Playing a Lute. Joueuse de luth 1654 Danae 1612 Judith Beheading Holofernes 1612 Mother and Child 1612 Judith and her Maidservant 1613 Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy 1613 Mary Magdalen 1613-1620
Artemisia Gentileschi - Saint Catherine of Alexandria 1614-1620 Artemisia Gentileschi - Minerva 1615 Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-portrait as a Female Martyr 1615 Artemisia Gentileschi - St Catherine of Alexandria 1615 Artemisia Gentileschi - The Angel. Allegoria dell'Inclinazione 1615 Artemisia Gentileschi - Penitent Magdalene 1615-1616 Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-Portrait as a Lute Player 1615-1617 Artemisia Gentileschi - Jael and Sisera 1620 Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith Beheading Holofernes 1620
Saint Catherine of Alexandria 1614-1620 Minerva 1615 Self-portrait as a Female Martyr 1615 St Catherine of Alexandria 1615 The Angel. Allegoria dell'
Inclinazione 1615		 Penitent Magdalene 1615-1616 Self-Portrait as a Lute Player 1615-1617 Jael and Sisera 1620 Judith Beheading Holofernes 1620
Artemisia Gentileschi - Santa Cecilia 1620 Artemisia Gentileschi - St. Catherine of Alexandria 1620 Artemisia Gentileschi - Lucretia 1620-1621 Artemisia Gentileschi - Allegory of Painting 1620-1630 Artemisia Gentileschi - Cleopatra 1621-1622 Artemisia Gentileschi - Mary Magdalene as Melancholy 1621-1622 Artemisia Gentileschi - Mary Magdalene as Melancholy 1621-1622 Artemisia Gentileschi - Portrait of a Condottiero 1622 Artemisia Gentileschi - Susannah and the Elders 1622
Santa Cecilia 1620 St. Catherine of Alexandria 1620 Lucretia 1620-1621 Allegory of Painting 1620-1630 Cleopatra 1621-1622 Mary Magdalene as Melancholy 1621-1622 Mary Magdalene as Melancholy 1621-1622 Portrait of a Condottiero 1622 Susannah and the Elders 1622
Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes 1623-1625 Artemisia Gentileschi - Sleeping Venus. Venus and Cupid 1625-1630 Artemisia Gentileschi - Aurora 1627 Artemisia Gentileschi - Cleopatra 1627-1635 Artemisia Gentileschi - Esther before Ahasuerus 1628-1635 Artemisia Gentileschi - Annunciation 1630 Artemisia Gentileschi - Cleopatra 1630 Artemisia Gentileschi - Samson und Delilah 1630-1638 Artemisia Gentileschi - Clio, the Muse of History 1632
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes 1623-1625 Sleeping Venus. Venus and Cupid 1625-1630 Aurora 1627 Cleopatra 1627-1635 Esther before Ahasuerus 1628-1635 Annunciation 1630 Cleopatra 1630 Samson und Delilah 1630-1638 Clio, the Muse of History 1632
Artemisia Gentileschi - The Birth of St. John the Baptist 1635 Artemisia Gentileschi - The Adoration of the Magi 1636-1637 Artemisia Gentileschi - The Martyrdom of St Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli 1636-1637 Artemisia Gentileschi - Bathsheba at Her Bath 1637-1638 Artemisia Gentileschi - An Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown 1638 Artemisia Gentileschi - Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting 1639 Artemisia Gentileschi - Bathsheba at Her Bath 1640-1645 Artemisia Gentileschi - Corisca and the Satyr 1640-1650 Artemisia Gentileschi - David and Bathsheba 1640-1650
The Birth of St. John the Baptist 1635 The Adoration of the Magi 1636-1637 The Martyrdom of St Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli 1636-1637 Bathsheba at Her Bath 1637-1638 An Allegory of Peace and the Arts under the English Crown 1638 Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting 1639 Bathsheba at Her Bath 1640-1645 Corisca and the Satyr 1640-1650 David and Bathsheba 1640-1650
Artemisia Gentileschi - Lot and His Daughters 1640-1650 Artemisia Gentileschi - Dame assise de trois-quart 1640-1654 Artemisia Gentileschi - Ulysses finding Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes 1641 Artemisia Gentileschi - Lucretia 1642-1643 Artemisia Gentileschi - Madonna and Child 1651
Lot and His Daughters 1640-1650 Dame assise de trois-quart 1640-1654 Ulysses finding Achilles at the Court of King Lycomedes 1641 Lucretia 1642-1643 Madonna and Child 1651