Rome in Paris again. After the exhibition on the masterpieces of the Galleria Borghese, the Musée Jacquemart-André is hosting a major exhibition on Artemisia Gentileschi from tomorrow until 3 August ...

Like many women artists of earlier centuries whose work has survived, Artemisia came from a family of artists. Born in Rome in 1593, she was the oldest and most artistically inclined child of the ...

Gentileschi was the daughter of a painter, Orazio Gentileschi. Her father had been influenced by his friendship in Rome with Caravaggio, the great early baroque painter. Orazio passed that ...