Saint Cecilia as a Lute Player
Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter, today considered one of the most accomplished painters in the generation following that of Caravaggio.
Max Resolution:681×938 PX
Title:Saint Cecilia as a Lute Player
Original Title:Santa Cecilia come un suonatrice di liuto
Artists:Artemisia Gentileschi
Date:1620
Style:Baroque
Genre:religious painting
Medium:canvas,oil
Dimensions:78.5×108 cm
Copyright:Public domain
Santa Cecilia is an early painting by the baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi, a painter described as "a grand exception in the history of art - a successful woman painter in an era in which art was dominated by men."
The canvas was painted around 1620. It shows the saint playing a lute, with an organ, a customary attribute for her, in the background. It currently now in the Galleria Spada in Rome; it has been part of the Spada collection since the seventeenth century.
The canvas was painted around 1620. It shows the saint playing a lute, with an organ, a customary attribute for her, in the background. It currently now in the Galleria Spada in Rome; it has been part of the Spada collection since the seventeenth century.