![]() ![]() And I think Artemisia put so much of herself in her pictures. You feel the sort of physical rejection of Susanna. ![]() Letizia Treves It was sort of viewed as quite an erotic subject at the time, because, of course, it shows a woman naked or half-naked bathing.īut Artemisia does not paint this picture in an erotic way at all. Letizia Treves: The way Artemisia paints it, it's really the first time a woman, Susanna, is shown sort of forcefully saying no to these men. Jeffrey Brown: A young woman accosted by two older men demanding sex, the scene, Susanna and the Elders from a biblical story, was portrayed often by 16th and 17th century painters, but never like this, in a work by then 17 year old Artemisia Gentileschi. Jeffrey Brown has the story for our ongoing arts and culture series, Canvas. The exhibit opened in October, then had to close for a time in November due to the pandemic. Those are the words of an artist, a woman, who painted her way to fame in the 1600s, was largely forgotten for centuries, and more recently is getting her full recognition, now in a exhibition in London, one of the most anticipated of the year. ![]() Judy Woodruff: "I will show your illustrious lordship what a woman can do." ![]()
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