While the accomplishments of 16th century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi may have been all-too-often silenced in the predominantly-male history of art, Anna Banti saw in the talented artist the universal symbol of the tenacious woman incessantly fighting for the vindication of her dignity.
Banti composed a first novel channeling the voice and gaze of the painter, the manuscript of which was sadly destroyed in the Nazi bombing of Florence in August, 1944..
While the accomplishments of 16th century Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi may have been all-too-often silenced in the predominantly-male history of art, Anna Banti saw in the talented artist the universal symbol of the tenacious woman incessantly fighting for the vindication of her dignity
