A trial ensued, and in 1612 she was married off to a minor painter (Piermatteo Stiattesi) and moved to Florence. She was trained in Rome by her father, Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639)-one of the earliest followers of Caravaggio-and in 1611 was raped by an artist-Agostino Tassi-her father had engaged to teach her perspective. Her pictures often have violent themes with female protagonists and, rightly or wrongly, these have often been related to her biography. Artemisia was the first woman artist to gain a reputation as an accomplished painter of large, multi-figure compositions with a mythological or Biblical theme-the sort of work considered the most demanding test of an artist’s ability. 1532–1625) and Lavinia Fontana of Bologna (1552–1614), earned reputations based on portraiture and devotional paintings, while Fede Galizia (1578–1630) was celebrated for her still lifes. Earlier painters, such as Sofonisba Anguissola of Cremona (ca. The Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi is the most famous female artist of the seventeenth century.
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