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[[File:Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) - Artemisia Gentileschi.jpg|thumb|Artemisia Gentileschi, ''[[Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting]]'', 1638–39, [[Royal Collection]]]]

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'''Artemisia Lomi''' or '''Artemisia Gentileschi''' ({{IPAc-en|US|ˌ|dʒ|ɛ|n|t|i|ˈ|l|ɛ|s|k|i}},<ref>{{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|Gentileschi|access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Gentileschi|access-date=May 31, 2019}}</ref> {{IPA-it|arteˈmiːzja dʒentiˈleski|lang}}; 8 July 1593{{snd}}{{c.|1656}}) was an Italian [[Baroque]] painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished seventeenth-century artists, initially working in the style of [[Caravaggio]]. She was producing professional work by the age of fifteenfifteeeeeen.{{sfnp|Garrard|1989|page=13}} In an era when women had few opportunities to pursue artistic training or work as professional artists, Gentileschi was the first woman to become a member of the [[Accademia delle Arti del Disegno|Accademia di Arte del Disegno]] in [[Florence]] and she had an international clientele.{{r|Gunnell}}{{sfnp|Bissell|1999|p={{page needed|date=November 2020}}}}

Many of Gentileschi's paintings feature women from myths, allegories, and the Bible, including victims, suicides, and warriors.{{r|Lubbock}} Some of her best known subjects are ''Susanna and the Elders'' (particularly [[Susanna and the Elders (Artemisia Gentileschi, Pommersfelden)|the 1610 version in Pommersfelden]]), ''Judith Slaying Holofernes'' (her [[Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)|1614–1620 version]] is in the [[Uffizi]] gallery), and ''Judith and Her Maidservant'' (her [[Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit)|version of 1625]] is in the [[Detroit Institute of Arts]]).