Artemisia

This week we will discuss The Passion of Artemisia, by Susan Vreeland - the story of Renaissance painter Artemisia Gentileschi, reputed to be the first woman to actually support herself through her artwork.

Several years ago the Metropolitan Museum had an exhibit of the work of Artemisia and her father, Orazio Gentileschi - the exhibit's website is available here: http://tinyurl.com/2gzlgj

In addition to two of the Judith paintings, and Susanna and the Elders, you will find this painting, titled Self Portrait as a Lute Player" and painted in about 1616, when Artemisia would have been in her early twenties. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/Orazio_and_Artemisia/images/57.L.jpg

Kathleen