Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1630
Why it's great
A woman in a green dress leans over her canvas with a brush in one hand and a palette in the other, concentrating hard. Artemisia Gentileschi painted herself as Painting in about 1630.
Where to see it
📍 Buckingham PalaceCity of Westminster, United Kingdom
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Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter born in Rome in 1593, the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi. She was one of the first women to become a successful professional painter in Europe, and her powerful pictures often show strong women from the Bible and myths. She died in Naples in about 1653.
