ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI Art Book contains 30+ Reproductions of portraits, mythical and religious scenes with title, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .
Born: July 8, 1593 in Rome.
Died: 1652-1656. Exact year is unknown.
MOVEMENT: Baroque
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Eldest child of Tuscan painter Orazio Gentileschi.
§ Some of her paintings have been mistakenly attributed to her father, Orazio Gentileschi.
§ Her paintings were heavily influenced by Caravaggio.
§ Artemisia became a successful court painter in Florence, Italy.
§ She was the first woman accepted into the Academia delle Arti del Disegno .
§ She had five children; four sons and one daughter with her husband, Pierantonio Stiattesi. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, lived to adulthood. She also had another daughter around 1627.
§ She was friends with Galileo Galilei.
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI Art Book contains 30+ Reproductions of portraits, mythical and religious scenes with title, date and interesting facts page below. Book includes Table of Contents and is formatted for all Kindle readers and Tablets .
Born: July 8, 1593 in Rome.
Died: 1652-1656. Exact year is unknown.
MOVEMENT: Baroque
INTERESTING FACTS:
§ Eldest child of Tuscan painter Orazio Gentileschi.
§ Some of her paintings have been mistakenly attributed to her father, Orazio Gentileschi.
§ Her paintings were heavily influenced by Caravaggio.
§ Artemisia became a successful court painter in Florence, Italy.
§ She was the first woman accepted into the Academia delle Arti del Disegno .
§ She had five children; four sons and one daughter with her husband, Pierantonio Stiattesi. But only the daughter, Prudenzia, lived to adulthood. She also had another daughter around 1627.
§ She was friends with Galileo Galilei.