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Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura)
Artemisia Gentileschi

Artemisia Gentileschi's Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting is an incredibly bold work for it's time. Painted during the Italian Baroque period in approximately 1630, and using elements of the "Allegory of Painting" from author Cesare Ripa's 1611 Iconologia, Gentileschi took an incredibly egotistical stand- to say that she was not only a fema... (See the whole comment)
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