Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting

#IWD2015 Happy International Women's Day Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1638-9. Oil on canvas. Royal Trust Collection. Date: between 1638 and 1639. editing by sookietex More about this image and story at Public Domain Clip Art - http://publicdomainclip-art.blogspot.com/2015/03/self-portrait-as-allegory-of-painting.html

Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The oil-on-canvas painting measures 38 × 29 inches and was probably produced during Gentileschi’s stay in England between 1638 and 1639. It was in the collection of Charles I and was returned to the Royal Collection at the Restoration (1660) and remains there.

The painting demonstrates rare feminist themes from a time when women seldom held jobs, let alone were well known for them. Gentileschi’s portrayal of herself as the epitome of the arts was a bold statement to make for the period. Though the painting is today overshadowed by many of Gentileschi’s other, more dramatic and raw scenes reflecting the artist’s troubling younger years, Self-Portrait was very controversial in its time.

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