Artemisia Gentileschi with Professor Christopher Marshall

In this lecture, Christopher Marshall offers a new account of the life, work and legacy of the globally renowned Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, revealing the degree to which her remarkable success as a painter was due not only to her enormous talent but also to her ability to respond creatively to the continuously evolving trends and challenges of the Italian Baroque art world.

The lecture will track the ups and downs of Artemisia's long and successful four-decade career operating in a male-dominated field, and show how her business acumen has influenced the resurrection of her reputation today, seeing her transformed from a footnote of art history to a globally famous artist and feminist icon.