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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]
It is one of a number of paintings of Gentileschi that focus on virtuous women ill-treated by men. The painting was painted between 1623 and 1625. It is currently in the collection of Gerolamo Etro, Milan. [1] It is one of several paintings of Lucretia that Gentileschi produced during her career. It is assumed that this is a self-portrait of ...
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.
However, when women portray themselves, self-portraiture takes on additional meanings, often subverting social and artistic norms. For women artists, the practice of self-portraiture has historically represented a territory of claiming space in a predominantly male world, in which their contributions were often ignored or marginalized. [1]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin. 29 (4): 165– 169. doi:10.2307/3258546. JSTOR 3258546. Greer, Germaine (January 1, 2001). The obstacle race: the fortunes of women painters and their work. London: Tauris Parke. ISBN 1860646778. OCLC 901247309. Garrard, Mary D. (January 1, 1980). "Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of ...
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.
In this one-of-a-kind photography performance project, an artists' alter ego creates a series of surreal and wild self-portraits in which everyday objects are stuck all over his face. The absurd ...
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, also known as Autoritratto in veste di Pittura or simply La Pittura, was painted by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The oil-on-canvas painting measures 98.6 by 75.2 centimetres (38.8 in × 29.6 in) and was probably produced during Gentileschi's stay in England between 1638 and 1639.