Artemisia Gentileschi, Self-Portrait as St Catherine of Alexandria, c. 1616

Inventing Artemisia: self-fashioning and identity in seventeenth-century Italy

Explore the life and work of Artemisia Gentileschi, a leading Baroque painter whose bold depictions of women and artistic self-fashioning challenged expectations. This session examines her major works, self-portraits and legacy within the context of seventeenth-century art and society.