Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria
Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a 1615–1617 painting by the Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi, showing the artist in the guise of Catherine of Alexandria. It is now in the collection of the National Gallery, London, which purchased it in 2018 for £3.6 million, including about £2.7 million from its American Friends group.[1][2]
Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria | |
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Artist | Artemisia Gentileschi |
Year | c. 1616 |
Medium | oil paint, canvas |
Dimensions | 71.4 cm (28.1 in) × 69 cm (27 in) |
Location | National Gallery |
Accession No. | NG6671 |
Identifiers | RKDimages ID: 295928 Art UK artwork ID: self-portrait-as-saint-catherine-of-alexandria-243732 |
It was painted during Gentileschi's time in Florence,[3] and is similar to her Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1619), now in the Uffizi Gallery. It is one of several paintings of female martyrs that Gentileschi made after her famous 1612 rape trial, in which she (unlike the accused) was subject to torture to test the veracity of her testimony.[4]