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Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later), ‘Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes,’ about 1623–1625, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Leslie H. Green, 52.253

Nelson-Atkins celebrates the power of ‘Fierce Women,’ Feb. 25

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Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later), ‘Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes,’ about 1623–1625, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Leslie H. Green, 52.253

Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later), ‘Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes,’ about 1623–1625, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. Leslie H. Green, 52.253

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A focus exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art offers dramatic insight into the representation of female role models from 1480s to 1720s Europe. Fierce Women: Artemisia Gentileschi and the Women Worthies opens Feb. 25 and closes July 23 and has, as its centerpiece, a monumental painting by female artist Artemisia Gentileschi on special loan from the Detroit Institute of Arts.

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Circa-1616 self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. On July 19, Italian police announced they had halted the potentially illegal auction of a different work by the famed Italian woman artist. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which states the work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Italy thwarts illegal auction of Gentileschi painting in Vienna

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Circa-1616 self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. On July 19, Italian police announced they had halted the potentially illegal auction of a different work by the famed Italian woman artist. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which states the work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

Circa-1616 self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi as Saint Catherine of Alexandria. On July 19, Italian police announced they had halted the potentially illegal auction of a different work by the famed Italian woman artist. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, which states the work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office before January 1, 1927.

ROME (AP) – Italy’s art squad police said July 19 they have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a celebrated Baroque artist.

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