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1622 Oil on canvas. 2.08m by 1.28m Palazzo D'Accursio, Bologna. The Painting.
In the film, "Artemisia", the client examining this painting believes that it has been painted by her father, Orazio, from whom it was commissioned, in 1612. It is actually one of Artemisia's rare portraits completed in 1622. The Artist's Life.
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his painting of Pietro Gentile
portrays him as a Gonfaloniere or standard-bearer. The work is sometimes entitled a
Portrait of a Condottiere or mercenary. The Maltese Cross denotes membership in a North
Italian military order, SS Maurizio e Lazzaro. She applies chiaroscuro to the left side
of his face, the side on which his sword is strapped. His effeminate hands suggest that
his familiarity with weaponry is largely ceremonial.
n 1622, nearly ten years after
the infamous court case, Artemisia returned to Rome. A census in 1624 notes her as the head
of the household rather than Stiattesi's wife. It appears that she bore a second daughter
around this time. Artemisia trained both girls as artists. If so, none of their works survive.
