“Gentileschi's heroines stand in a single shaft of light — gold drapery and blood red set so hard against black that every gesture reads like a verdict.”
Artemisia Gentileschi
Painter · Baroque · 1593–1656
Italian Baroque painter whose Judiths and biblical heroines blaze in saturated gold yellow, blood red, and deep velvet shadow.
The Palette
Curatorial Note
“Gentileschi's heroines stand in a single shaft of light — gold drapery and blood red set so hard against black that every gesture reads like a verdict.”
Italian Baroque painter whose Judiths and biblical heroines blaze in saturated gold yellow, blood red, and deep velvet shadow.
