This week, we look at two great women artists: at last, we visit the postponed Artemisia exhibition at the National Gallery in London, taking a tour with its curator Letizia Treves, and picking out some of the extraordinary highlights of the show. And we also explore a new biography of Frida Kahlo with its author, Hettie Judah.
Artemisia Gentileschi, Susannah and the Elders (1610) © Kunstsammlungen Graf von Schönborn, Pommersfelden (inv. 191)
Proceedings of Agostino Tassi's trial for the rape of Artemisia Gentileschi, 1612 Manuscript © Archivio di Stato di Roma
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith beheading Holofernes (around 1613-14) © Gabinetto fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (around 1615-17) © The National Gallery, London
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as a Lute Player (around 1615-17) © Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut
Pierre Dumonstier II, The Right Hand of Artemisia Gentileschi Holding a Brush (1625) © The Trustees of The British Museum
Letter 20, Artemisia to Francesco Maria Maringhi. Rome Artemisia Gentileschi 11 April 1620 © Photo courtesy of the owner
Artemisia Gentileschi, Lucretia (1625) © Neues Palais, Potsdam
Artemisia Gentileschi, The Birth of St John the Baptist (around 1635) © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid
Artemisia Gentileschi, Self Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) (around 1638-39) © Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019
Artemisia Gentileschi, Susannah and the Elders (1652) © Pinacoteca Nazionale Bologna
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