Saint Cecilia (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Santa Cecilia is an early painting by the baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter described as "a grand exception in the history of art - a successful woman painter in an era in which art was dominated by men." [1]
| Saint Cecilia | |
|---|---|
| Saint Cecilia as a Lute Player | |
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| Artist | Artemisia Gentileschi  |
| Year | 1620 |
| Dimensions | 108 cm (43 in) × 78.5 cm (30.9 in) |
| Identifiers | Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID: 08011668 |
The canvas was painted around 1620. It shows the saint playing a lute, with an organ, a customary attribute for her, in the background. It currently now in the Galleria Spada in Rome; it has been part of the Spada collection since the seventeenth century.[2]
References
- Locker, Jesse M. (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780300185119.
- Christiansen, Keith; Mann, Judith Walker (2001-01-01). Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi. New York; New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Yale University Press. p. 350. ISBN 1588390063.
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