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ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI (ROME 1593-NAPLES 1652)

Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)

c.1638-9

RCIN 405551

Artemisia Gentileschi was invited to London in 1638 by Charles I, and probably produced this sophisticated and accomplished self-portrait in England. She holds a brush in one hand and a palette in the other, identifying herself as the female personification of painting.

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