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Artemisia Gentileschi 1593-1652 |
Artemisia was born in Roma, the daughter of the artist, Orazio Gentileschi. She was trained as an artist by her father and introduced to the leading artists in Rome at that time, including Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, whose chiaroscuro style was a great influence on the work of the young Artemisia. The young artist did not learn to read or write until she was an adult but by the age of seventeen had produced one of her most renowned works, "Susanna and the Elders" (1610). Artemisia worked
at the Florentine Academy of Design, becoming an official member
in 1616, a remarkable honour for a woman of that time. She received
a commission to contribute to the decoration of the ceiling of the
Galleria, painting a panel with a personification of Inclination.
Initially a nude, the painting of the woman holding the compass
was later covered with drapery by Voltaranno. Her patron at this
period in her life was Grand Duke Cosimo II of the powerful Medici
family. After spending time in Genova, she moved to Napoli, where
she painted her "Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting",
a unique fusing of art, muse and artist (1630). From 1638 until
1641, Artemisia lived in England, in residence at the court of King
Charles I, where she assisted her father in decorating the ceilings
of the Queen's House at Greenwich. On the King's death in the Civil
War, Artemisa returned to Naples, where she lived until her own
death in 1652. Artemisia,
PO Box 7504, Glasgow, G42 8ZY |