Artemisia Gentileschi是巴洛克时期最伟大的女画家，也是伟大的卡拉瓦乔最杰出的追随者之一。年轻的时候，她被家庭教师强奸，之后不得不忍受长达七个月的审判，在此期间，当局对她进行了残酷的审查。在名誉就是一切的文化中Gentileschi感到羞耻。

然而，她后来还是成为了17世纪最受追捧的艺术家之一。Gentileschi的艺术表现出了强大的想象力。像弗里达•卡洛（Frida Kahlo），路易丝•布尔乔亚（Louise Bourgeois）或特蕾西•艾敏（Tracey Emin）一样，她将自己的生活融入了艺术创作。

Artemisia Gentileschi was the greatest female artist of the Baroque age and one of the most brilliant followers of the great Caravaggio. As a young woman she was raped by her tutor, and then had to endure a seven-month-

long trial during which she was brutally examined by the authorities. Gentileschi was shamed in a culture where honour was everything.

Yet she went on to become one of the most sought-after artists of the seventeenth century. Gentileschi's art communicated a powerful personal vision. Like Frida Kahlo, Louise Bourgeois or Tracey Emin, she put her life into her art.