Artemisia Gentileschi

1593–c. 1656 · Baroque & Dutch Golden Age

Biography

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–c. 1656) was one of the most successful painters of the Baroque and the first woman admitted to the Florentine Academy of Design. She worked in Rome, Florence, Venice, London and Naples.

Paintings in this gallery (2)

Judith Slaying Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi · c. 1612–1613

Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting

Artemisia Gentileschi · c. 1638–1639

Famous works elsewhere

Judith and Her Maidservant 1618
Allegory of Inclination 1615
Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr 1615
Adoration of the Magi 1636
Susanna and the Elders 1649
Susanna and the Elders 1652