THE INDOMITABLE SPIRIT Artemisia Gentileschi

Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) c1639
Royal Collection Trust UK

Artemisia Gentileschi was one of the most famed and respected painters in 17th century Europe. But after she died, her story (and many of her works) were lost – and over the years, Artemisia has become better known for what was done to her than for what she did. Award-winning artist Lindsay Huss helps us try to change that.

(Content warning: discussions of physical and sexual violence)

All paintings by Artemisia Gentileschi unless otherwise indicated

Susanna and the Elders, 1610
completed when Artemesia was only 17 years old
Schönborn Collection

Judith Slaying Holofernes, c1612
Museo di Capodimonte

Judith and her Maidservant, c1614
Palazzo Pitti, Florence

Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, c1616
National Gallery, London

Judith Slaying Holofernes, c1620
Uffizi Gallery, Florence

Caravaggio’s version of “Judith Beheading Holofernes,” c1598
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica

Jael and Sisera, c1620
Budapest Museum of Fine Arts

Saint Cecilia as a Lute Player, c1620
Athaneum

Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy, c1620
in a private collection

Portrait of a Gonfaloniere, 1622
Palazzo d’Accursio, Bologna

Portrait of a Seated Lady c1625
in a private collection

Judith and her Maidservant, 1625
Detroit Institute of Arts

Samson and Delilah, c1630
Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano

Esther before Ahasuerus, c1630
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cleopatra, c1635
in a private collection

Cleopatra as painted Orazio Gentileschi (and probably also teenage Artemisia) in 1612
in a private collection

“An Allegory of Peace and the Arts,” the ceiling painted by Orazio (and probably Artemisia) Gentileschi for Queen Henrietta Maria’s “House of Delights.”
Royal Collection Trust

The central panel of “An Allegory of Peace and the Arts”
Royal Collection Trust

Annunciation, c1630
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples

Corsica and the Satyr, c1637
in a private collection

Susanna and the Elders, 1652
Gentileschi’s last known work
Pinacoteca Nazionale

Portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi by Simon Vouet, c1626
in a private collection

Portrait of Orazio Gentileschi, c1630
by Lucas Emil Vorsterman
National Gallery, USA

Lindsay Huss has been creating for as long as she can remember. She is a visual storyteller and loves for her work to contain a narrative. Creating public art has presented a unique opportunity to tell the stories of many peoples and places. As a student, she took as many art classes as her schedule would allow. She graduated from Weber State University and went on to teach art at a public high school for ten years. She left teaching to pursue her longest and most passionate love of creating. After leaving teaching in 2019, Lindsay hit the ground running as a full time artist and was honored the Indie Ogden award for Best Ogden Artist, Nurture the Creative Mind award for Artist of the Year, and most proudly the Ogden Mayor’s award for Visual Arts. She continues to create from her home base in Ogden, Utah. Follow her on Instagram and Facebook.

Music featured in this episode by:

Marc Nelson, Advent Chamber Orchestra, Catrin Finch, John Harrison, and the Wichita State University Chamber Players

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