Letter to Cassiano dal Pozzo
Title:
Letter to Cassiano dal Pozzo
Description:
Artemesia Gentileschi was one of the most accomplished artists of the seventeenth century and the first woman to become a member of Florence’s Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno. Her Susannah and the Elders, painted when she was sixteen and working in her father Orazio’s studio, is likely the first nude painted by a women artist. Gentileschi’s powerful depictions of women, memorably her Judith and Holofernes and Mary Magdalen, brought her notice. This letter to the scholar, and her great patron, Cassiano dal Pozzo requests permission for her assistant to carry arms as she is now living in Naples, a more dangerous city. She promises that she is sending “my portrait, which you once requested.”
Creator:
Gentileschi, Artemisia
Date:
1630
Coverage:
[Naples]
Display Date:
31 August 1630
Hover Text:
Artemisia Gentileschi — artist
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
9
Item Sort:
1600s
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