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1 ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
1593-c.1654
Described by the National Gallery as ‘the most celebrated female painter of the 17th century’, Gentileschi was the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi, himself a celebrated painter. As a child she learnt her craft from her father, but these early years were also marred by tragedy when, at the age of