Elisabetta Sirani

Artemisia Gentileschi, Conversion of the Magdalene/Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1620. Oil on canvas, 57.6 x 42.5 in. (146.5 x 108 cm.), Pitti Palace, Uffizi Galleries, Florence.
Gentileschi, Sirani, and the Feminine Spirit of the Protestant Reformation

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was born in Rome and died in Naples, by which time she was arguably considered one of the most significant Italian Baroque…