Cropped detail of Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofernes, showing Judith in the act of slaying Holofernes
Judith Beheading Holofernes (detail), c. 1612–13, Artemisia Gentileschi. Courtesy of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
Susanna recoiling from two elders in Artemisia Gentileschi’s early 1610 oil painting. Image is cropped.
Susanna and the Elders (detail), c. 1610, Artemisia Gentileschi. Schloss Weißenstein, Germany. Public domain.
Artemisia Gentileschi painting herself as the Allegory of Painting, holding a brush and palette. Image is cropped.
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) detail, c. 1638–39, Artemisia Gentileschi. Courtesy of The Royal Collection Trust.
CategoryMuse, Maker, Master
FocusArtemisia Gentileschi
Period/MovementBaroque
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Artemisia Gentileschi: Painting Power in a Man’s World

A Baroque master. A survivor.
Artemisia painted female rage and resilience like no one before her.
Her brush didn’t just tell stories. It demanded justice.

Drama. Power. Revolution—in oil paint.