Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1623–25, oil on canvas, 187.2 x 142 cm (Detroit Institute of Arts)
Important terms to know:
- woman artist
- Baroque art
- tenebrism
Additional resources:
Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes (Uffizi) at the Google Art Project
Mary D. Garrard, Artemisia Gentileschi and Feminism in Early Modern Europe (London: Reaktion Books, 2020)
Jesse M. Locker, Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2021)
Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001)