tiyetiye:art-nimals:Happy Birthday to baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who managed to become an
tiyetiye:art-nimals:Happy Birthday to baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, who managed to become an established painter in an era where women had a hard time being accepted as artists! Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith slaying Holofernes, c. 1614-20, Oil on canvas, National Museum of Capodimonte, NaplesAnd even more kudos to Artemisia Gentileschi, a rape survivor, who at her rapist’s trial was herself tortured in order to determine if she was lying or not. Kudos to her for surviving all of that, taking up painting again, and giving us this portrait of Judith slaying Holofernes, where she depicted herself as Judith wielding the sword, and gave Holofernes the face of her rapist. -- source link
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