Artemisia Gentileschi

(Italian, 1593–1652)

Artemisia Gentileschi was an important Italian painter of the Baroque era and follower of Caravaggio. She was one of the earliest female painters to enter into the male-dominated artistic community of the time. Using lustrous colors and chiaroscuro, the artist produced dramatic biblical scenes such as Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1620). “My illustrious lordship, I’ll show you what a woman can do,” she once proclaimed. Born on July 8, 1593 in Rome, Italy, her father was the painter Orazio Gentileschi with whom she studied as a youth. As a teenager she was raped by one of her father’s friends, the landscape painter Agostino Tassi. In 1612, Tassi was convicted of the rape though only served a year in prison. Moving to Florence with her new husband in 1616, she continued to develop her painting style while staying within the aesthetics expounded by Caravaggio. In the following decades, she lived in Rome, Venice, Naples, and London, where she worked as a painter for the court of Charles I alongside her father. The death of her father in 1639 and the English civil war, led Gentileschi to leave the country. She is thought to have died of the plague in 1653 in Naples, Italy. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Prado Museum in Madrid, and the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, among others.

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Artemisia Gentileschi (94 results)
The Infant Moses and the burning Coal

Studio of Artemisia Gentileschi

The Infant Moses and the burning Coal

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Artemisia Gentileschi

Saint John the Baptist in the Wilderness

Sale Date: January 31, 2024

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Allegory of Sculpture

Artemisia Gentileschi

Allegory of Sculpture

Sale Date: July 6, 2023

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Abraham and the Three Angels, 1645

Artemisia Gentileschi and Onofrio Palumbo

Abraham and the Three Angels, 1645

Sale Date: May 3, 2023

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LOT UND SEINE TÖCHTER

Circle of Artemisia Gentileschi

LOT UND SEINE TÖCHTER

Sale Date: March 30, 2023

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Portrait of a gentleman, probably Antoine de...

Artemisia Gentileschi

Portrait of a gentleman, probably Antoine de...

Sale Date: January 25, 2023

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The Magdalene renouncing worldly vanities

Studio of Artemisia Gentileschi

The Magdalene renouncing worldly vanities

Sale Date: January 25, 2023

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ALLEGORY TO THE ARTS

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

ALLEGORY TO THE ARTS

Sale Date: December 20, 2022

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LA VERGINE CHE ALLATTA IL BAMBINO

Follower of Artemisia Gentileschi

LA VERGINE CHE ALLATTA IL BAMBINO

Sale Date: October 28, 2022

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Bathsheba at her bath

Artemisia Gentileschi

Bathsheba at her bath

Sale Date: July 7, 2022

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Saint Cecilia

Artemisia Gentileschi

Saint Cecilia

Sale Date: June 10, 2022

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Abraham and the Three Angels

Artemisia Gentileschi and Onofrio Palumbo

Abraham and the Three Angels

Sale Date: May 11, 2022

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Susanna and the Elders

Artemisia Gentileschi

Susanna and the Elders

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Portrait of a seated lady, three-quarter length,

Artemisia Gentileschi

Portrait of a seated lady, three-quarter length,

Sale Date: January 27, 2022

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Venus and Cupid

Artemisia Gentileschi

Venus and Cupid

Sale Date: July 8, 2021

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Judith and her maidservant with the head of...

Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith and her maidservant with the head of...

Sale Date: June 8, 2021

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Saint Mary Magdalene, 1645–1650

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Saint Mary Magdalene, 1645–1650

Sale Date: June 2, 2021

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The Penitent Magdalene

Artemisia Gentileschi

The Penitent Magdalene

Sale Date: April 22, 2021

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Lucrecia, 1675–1699

Follower of Artemisia Gentileschi

Lucrecia, 1675–1699

Sale Date: December 4, 2020

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Lucrèce, 1630

Circle of Artemisia Gentileschi

Lucrèce, 1630

Sale Date: November 18, 2020

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The Triumph of Galatea

Artemisia Gentileschi

The Triumph of Galatea

Sale Date: October 15, 2020

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Maria Maddalena come Melanconia, 1622–1625

After Artemisia Gentileschi

Maria Maddalena come Melanconia, 1622–1625

Sale Date: June 30, 2020

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Susanna and the Elders

Follower of Artemisia Gentileschi

Susanna and the Elders

Sale Date: July 2, 2020

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BATHSHEBA AT HER BATH

Artemisia Gentileschi

BATHSHEBA AT HER BATH

Sale Date: January 29, 2020

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