Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter🎨 born in 1593.
She was the 1️⃣ woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence✨ and had an international clientele✨.
Specialized in scenes of female heroines and stories centered on women from myths, allegories, and the Bible, Artemisia was known for being able to depict the female figure💫 with great naturalism and for her skill in handling color to express dimension and drama.
She is now considered ☝🏽 of the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists👩🏽🎨 and one of the most proggressive and expressive painters of her generation🌟.
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