The Intesa Sanpaolo Bank foundation’s Gallerie d’Italia sheds light on Artemisia Gentileschi’s little-known entourage in Naples.
The Triumph of Galatea, oil on canvas, 152 x 205 cm/59.84 x 80.70 in. (detail), loaned by the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., which attributes the work to Bernardo Cavallino. In Naples, it is ascribed to Artemisia.
© National Gallery of Art, Washington
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652) rose to prominence at a time when few women had opportunities to pursue artistic training or careers. “Paradoxically,” says Antonio Denunzio, who organized the Galleria d’Italia-Napoli exhibition, “her Neapolitan period, the longest of her life, is also the most obscure.” Except for a brief period at the court of England, where she joined her father, the brilliant Orazio, Artemisia lived in Naples from 1630 until her death in 1654. The show steers clear of anachronistic simplifications casting her…
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