Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschiwas an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio. In an era when women painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community or patrons, she was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionArtist
CountryItaly
Artemisia Gentileschi quotes about
men order drawing
I have made a solemn vow never to send my drawings because people have cheated me. In particular, just today I found... that, having done a drawing of souls in Purgatory for the Bishop of St. Gata, he, in order to spend less, commissioned another painter to do the painting using my work. If I were a man, I can't imagine it would have turned out this way.
strong-women art empowering
My mustrious lordship, i'll show you what a woman can do
art long
As long as i live i will have control over my being