The Penitent Mary Magdalen, ca. 1622 David Contemplating the Head of Goliath, ca. 1610 Artemisia Gentileschi Orazio Gentileschi Probably the only father-daughter artist team in history, the Gentileschi's were to capture the essence of Caravaggio and the Baroque. I had the pleasure of seeing a lot of both artist's work in Rome a couple of years back, and I always found their paintings moving and vibrant. Artemisia's fame eventually outshone her father's, and even to this day as a feminist icon with a film and a documentary made of her life she inspires women, but the study of Orazio as an influential painter and father needs to be recognized also. Comparing the two very different paintings above we see a styl...
Thoughts and inspirations on art from the Old Masters to my own art