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10 facts about Artemisia Gentileschi: how teenage tragedy led to triumph
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652) is one of the very few female Italian Baroque painters known today. In 2018, her masterpiece "Lucretia", never before publicly exhibited, was sold for the first time in Vienna.
Who was she and why interest in Gentileschi's often violent depictions of strong female protagonists from classical mythology has risen sharply in the last years? Arthive has the answer…