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File: Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) - Artemisia Gentileschi.jpg
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.
Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86; Susanna and the Elders (Artemisia Gentileschi, Pommersfelden) T. Triple Self-Portrait; V. Van Gogh self-portrait (1889)
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting is an oil painting on canvas by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, probably completed between 1638 and 1639.This work is thought to depict the artist as the “Allegory of Painting”, a bold claim at a time when women were rarely given recognition for their work.
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Las Meninas, painted in 1656, shows Diego Velázquez working at the easel to the left.. Self-portraiture has a long history. In Reynolds & Peter's analysis, the handprints that prehistoric humanity left in cave paintings can be considered precursors of the self-portrait, as they are a direct document of the author's presence in the creative act and his perception of the existence of a "self".
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Nevertheless, taking into account the fact that the female self-portrait appeared more than a century after the male self-portrait, and that for a long time there were fewer female artists, it would seem quite reasonable to place the proportion at a maximum of 15-20%.