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The Young Sick Bacchus (Italian: Bacchino Malato), also known as the Sick Bacchus or the Self-Portrait as Bacchus, is an early self-portrait by the Baroque artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, dated between 1593 and 1594. It now hangs in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
The Self Portrait of Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi was painted in the early 1630s. It currently hangs in the Palazzo Barberini, Rome. It is one of many paintings where Gentileschi depicts herself. Beyond self-portraits, her allegorical and religious paintings often featured herself in different guises.
Saint Catherine of Alexandra is a painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi.It is in the collection of the Uffizi, Florence. [1] Gentileschi likely used the same cartoon or preparatory drawing to create both this painting and the Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1615–1617), now in the National Gallery, London.
Art historians have debated this portrayal of Danaë, with some noting an open, inviting posture, while others observe the clenched fist and closed legs. [5] Some scholars believe this painting refers directly to the rape the artist endured a few years prior, [3] while others argue that she rather had a sympathy for women victimized by unwelcome sexual pressures.
Self-portraiture, or Autoportraiture is the field of art theory and history that studies the history, means of production, circulation, reception, forms, and meanings of self-portraits. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Emerging in Antiquity and becoming popular from the Renaissance as an artistic practice, as a specific field of study, self-portraiture is ...
Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a 1615–1617 painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, showing the artist in the guise of Catherine of Alexandria. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London , which purchased it in 2018 for £3.6 million, including about £2.7 million from its American ...
The Self-Portrait as a Lute Player was created after Gentileschi was married and moved from Rome to Florence after a fourteen-month rape trial against Agostino Tassi. [9] [6] Self-Portrait as a Lute Player and other self-portraits of Gentileschi were painted for private collections and allowed her to express her wit and cultural knowledge. [6]
B22, Self Portrait Drawing at a Window, 1648, 5 states. He is drawing on an etching plate, making this the least posed self-portrait etching. In state iv, a landscape is added outside. [46] The last etching but for two sketches, and one of the "official" etched self-portraits. [33]