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 …

Artemisia Gentileschi was invited to London in 1638 by Charles I, and probably produced this sophisticated and accomplished self-portrait in England. She holds a brush in one hand and a …

In this extraordinary portrait Artemisia has brilliantly fused two visual traditions, that of the artist’s self portrait with the allegory of Pittura, the very act of painting itself, in a...

The portrait medal struck by Felice Antonio Casoni, celebrating the Cremonese painter Lavinia Fontana, depicts on the obverse a profile portrait of the artist, while on the reverse appears...

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Because the allegory of Painting was iconographically rendered as female in European art, the figure could only be inhabited by the self-portrait of a woman artist. Artemisia could both paint …

The artwork “Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting” was created by the artist Artemisia Gentileschi between the years 1638 and 1639. This oil on canvas masterpiece measures 98.6 …

This energetic self-portrait is the only known firmly-attributed work by Gentileschi which survives from her stay in London. The artist depicts herself in a challenging pose, in the act of painting. …

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 …