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 (65 results)
Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy

Artemisia Gentileschi

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy

Dorotheum

Est. 400,000–600,000 EUR

SAINT SEBASTIAN TENDED BY IRENE

Artemisia Gentileschi

SAINT SEBASTIAN TENDED BY IRENE

Sale Date: January 30, 2019

Auction Closed

Lucretia

Artemisia Gentileschi

Lucretia

Sale Date: October 23, 2018

Auction Closed

The Holy Magdalene, spurning the symbols of...

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

The Holy Magdalene, spurning the symbols of...

Sale Date: March 23, 2018

Auction Closed

PORTRAIT OF A LADY, HALF LENGTH, PLAYING A...

Follower of Artemisia Gentileschi

PORTRAIT OF A LADY, HALF LENGTH, PLAYING A...

Sale Date: February 1, 2018

Auction Closed

Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie

Artemisia Gentileschi

Sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie

Sale Date: December 19, 2017

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MARY MAGDALENE, HOLDING A SKULL

Circle of Artemisia Gentileschi

MARY MAGDALENE, HOLDING A SKULL

Sale Date: May 3, 2017

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Madonna and child

In the manner of Artemisia Gentileschi

Madonna and child

Sale Date: January 23, 2017

Auction Closed

Vierge à l’Enfant

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Vierge à l’Enfant

Sale Date: November 20, 2015

Auction Closed

Judith et Holopherne

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith et Holopherne

Sale Date: March 27, 2015

Auction Closed

Bathsheba at her bath

Artemisia Gentileschi

Bathsheba at her bath

Sale Date: December 3, 2014

Auction Closed

Marie Madeleine

Artemisia Gentileschi

Marie Madeleine

Sale Date: June 26, 2014

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Bildnis der heiligen Cäcilie

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Bildnis der heiligen Cäcilie

Sale Date: March 28, 2014

Auction Closed

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

Artemisia Gentileschi

Self-Portrait as a Lute Player

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

Auction Closed

Portrait of a young Woman

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Portrait of a young Woman

Sale Date: February 23, 2013

Auction Closed

Justice embracing Peace

Artemisia Gentileschi

Justice embracing Peace

Sale Date: December 5, 2012

Auction Closed

Pietà

Artemisia Gentileschi

Pietà

Sale Date: November 25, 2012

Auction Closed

Sainte Cécile

Follower of Artemisia Gentileschi

Sainte Cécile

Sale Date: June 29, 2011

Auction Closed

Betsabea al bagno

Artemisia Gentileschi

Betsabea al bagno

Sale Date: June 14, 2011

Auction Closed

The penitent Magdalene, 1630–1632

Artemisia Gentileschi

The penitent Magdalene, 1630–1632

Sale Date: January 26, 2011

Auction Closed

Bildnis der Heiligen Katharina

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

Bildnis der Heiligen Katharina

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

Auction Closed

La Vierge allaitant l'enfant

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

La Vierge allaitant l'enfant

Sale Date: February 26, 2010

Auction Closed

Ritratto di una monaca

Artemisia Gentileschi

Ritratto di una monaca

Sale Date: November 19, 2009

Auction Closed

La mort de Lucrèce

Attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi

La mort de Lucrèce

Sale Date: June 26, 2009

Auction Closed

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