Caravaggism · Italy
Artemisia Gentileschi
1593–1656 · Baroque dramatist of judgement and revenge
TenebrismBiblicalHistory paintingFemale protagonists
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Trained in her father's Roman workshop, Gentileschi built a career across Florence, Venice and Naples at a time when women were barred from academies. Her tenebrist canvases put biblical heroines at the centre of the action rather than the margins.
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