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Artemisia Gentileschi

July 14, 2018

The National Gallery Acquires Its First Painting by a Woman Since 1991

And the painter they chose was RP Artemisia Gentileschi, covered in book one!
March 24, 2018 in Modern Worthies

Franca Viola

The Survivor Who Refused to Marry Her Rapist

In the 60s, an Italian woman was abducted and raped - and then pressured to marry her rapist. She instead took him to court and got him tossed into jail.
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653)
The Queen of Baroque Painters
One of the greatest painters of the baroque, she revenged herself on her rapist both in the court of law and in her powerful, grotesque, incredibly popular paintings that depicted his gruesome death.

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