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Video: Artemisia Gentileschi in 60 seconds
By Amy Macpherson
Published on 8 March 2018
Tim Marlow gives a quick introduction to Artemisia Gentileschi, one of very few women who carved out a career in the 17th-century art world.
Artemisia Gentileschi in 60 seconds
Our Artistic Director introduces the Italian Baroque painter and follower of Caravaggio whose work caught the eye of King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria.
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See Artemisia Gentileschi's painting in our Charles I exhibition
Gentileschi's self-portrait was one among many masterpieces amassed by the monarch. See them reunited for the first time in over 350 years.
Exhibition organised in partnership with Royal Collection Trust.