Artemisia Gentileschi painted Mary Magdalene in a sudden swoon — a tradition of matching physical beauty to spiritual elevation.
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653) is the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century, considered a key figure within the Italian Baroque period.
The story is about perhaps the most famous female painter of the 17th century, but whose name largely had been consigned to ...
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97 x 131.5 cm. (38.2 x 51.8 in.) ...