Esther before Ahasuerus

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian

b. 1593

– d. 1654

Baroque painter, trained by her father Orazio Gentileschi, and one of the most accomplished followers of Caravaggio. She was the first woman admitted to the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence.

Written for the Galerio demo. Dates and nationality follow the Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access records.


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