Allegory of Painting (Artemisia Gentileschi)

The Allegory of Painting is an painting from around the 1640s attributed in 1988 to the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, although more recent research suggests it was painted by an anonymous Neapolitan painter in the mid-XVIIth century.[1] It is now in the Musee de Tesse, Le Mans, France.[2]

An Allegory of Painting
Allegory of Painting (Artemisia Gentileschi)
ArtistFirst attributed to Artemisia Gentileschi (1988), currently attributed to an anonymous Neapolitan painter, 1640s
Year1640s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions95.7 cm (37.7 in) × 132.6 cm (52.2 in)
LocationMusee de Tesse
IdentifiersJoconde work ID: 07700000071

Description

A nude woman lies on her side, apparently asleep, with her midsection partially covered by drapery. She is surrounded by the tools of an artist, such as a palette, drawing compass and brushes as well as a mask, symbolic of imitation.[3] Analysis of x-rays revealed another image under the left arm - a bishop wearing a mitre.[4]

Provenance

It was first documented in the Popeliniere family, from whom it was acquired by the present owners in 1836.[5]

Attribution

It could be another of several paintings by Gentileschi with this subject, but the depiction in this particular painting is unusual, and scholars have debated the meaning and attribution. Bissell saw the depiction as too crude to be the work of Artemisia; he instead viewed it as an insult to the family of Orazio Gentileschi, her father, by the hand of his adversary Giovanni Baglione.[3] Keith Christiansen supported the attribution to Artemisia, relating it to other works of hers from the same period.[6]

See also

References

  1. Agamben, Giorgio (2019). Studiolo (in Italian). Torino: Einaudi. p. 25.
  2. "Allégorie de la Peinture ; Femme couchée". www.pop.culture.gouv.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  3. Bissell 1999, p. 300.
  4. Christiansen & Mann 2001, p. 355.
  5. Bissell 1999, p. 299.
  6. Christiansen & Mann 2001, pp. 354–355.

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