Medea (Artemisia Gentileschi)

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Artemisia Gentileschi, Medea, 1620s, unknown location Medea - A. Gentileschi.jpg
Artemisia Gentileschi, Medea, 1620s, unknown location

Medea is an oil painting by the Italian baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Medea was a figure from Greek mythology. In the Gentileschi painting Medea is depicted at the moment she kills her son. [1]

The location and the dimensions of the painting are unknown. The painting has been approximately dated to the 1620s, probably the late 1620s when Gentileschi was working in Venice. [2] The work was exhibited for the first time as a Gentileschi in the 2017 "Artemisia Gentileschi e il suo tempo" exhibition in Rome. [3]

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  1. ↑ Garrard, Mary D. (2020). Artemisia Gentileschi and feminism in early modern Europe. London, UK. pp. 184–7. ISBN   978-1-78914-239-6. OCLC   1147832296.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Locker, Jesse (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi : the language of painting. New Haven. pp. 86–7. ISBN   978-0-300-18511-9. OCLC   877369691.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ↑ Pirovano, Stefano (29 November 2016). "Rome celebrates first female painter in art history revealing three new original pieces". Conceptual Fine Arts. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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