Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1653)
Today, Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi is seen as one of the most skilled painters during her time, but the artist had a difficult time forging a career as an artist. Trained by her father at a young age, she went on to study under Agostino Tassi who raped the young Gentileschi and unsurprisingly, due to the times, her reputation was called into question.
