Jun 12, 2026 · 6 min · 7 segments
In today's episode we are talking about Artemisia Gentileschi - a woman who turned a brush into a weapon. This is the second episode in my series called 'Being Women' where I tell you about…
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Her father, Orazio Gentileschi, is a caravaggist, connoisseur of shadow and bottle.
He noticed his daughter's talent late.
At 12 Artemisia already mixes ochre with vermilion, so skillful that a venerable man frees in admiration.
But in the 17th century, a woman cannot study anatomy.
It's indecent to look at naked men.
And without that, well, what battles? What heroes? Her father hires a tutor, Augustina Tassi.
Tassi is a family friend and a fashionable painter.
He will rape Artemisia more than just once.
Then he promised to marry her, but doesn't.
Do you know how the trial ended? Tassie served a few months.
Her father, Orazio Gentileschi, is a caravaggist, connoisseur of shadow and bottle.
He noticed his daughter's talent late.
At 12 Artemisia already mixes ochre with vermilion, so skillful that a venerable man frees in admiration.
But in the 17th century, a woman cannot study anatomy.
It's indecent to look at naked men.
And without that, well, what battles? What heroes? Her father hires a tutor, Augustina Tassi.
Tassi is a family friend and a fashionable painter.
He will rape Artemisia more than just once.
Then he promised to marry her, but doesn't.
Do you know how the trial ended? Tassie served a few months.
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