biography
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Gentileschi, Artemisia
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pronunciation:
[jentileskee]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1597–c.1651)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Rome, Italy, the daughter of Orazio Gentileschi. She lived in Naples, but visited England (1638–9) and left a self-portrait at Hampton Court. Her chief work is ‘Judith and Holofernes’ in the Uffizi, Florence. |
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