The Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1671-74
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Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Italy. Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino.
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Lucretia by Rembrandt van Rijn
Dutch, 1664
oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
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Only honest answers. Open to anyone who -good for them - isn't it*lian, still any it*lian could spam it.
Other suggestions are welcomed on the tags, if someone is indecisive can put the various choices on the tags.
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Having endured a traumatic rape and humiliating, torturous trial by the Italian patriarchy, Artemisia Gentileschi expressed her scorn in her artwork, which gained unprecedented popularity.
She used her platform to challenge traditional representations of women who were so often relegated to passive roles during her era. The raw emotion transmitted by her paintings, reveal a personal life story and strength influenced by degrading events she experienced in her formative years.
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Saint John the Baptist, Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi), 1604-06
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Jacob van Loo (1614-1670)
"A Bacchanal"
Oil on canvas
Dutch Golden Age
Currently in a private collection
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The Rape of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Galleria Borghese, Rome
Photography by Karina Wieclawska
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The Triumph of Rome: The Youthful Emperor Constantine Honoring Rome by Peter Paul Rubens, unused design for a series of tapestries about Constantine commissioned by King Louis XIII of France
Flemish, c. 1622-1623
oil on panel
Mauritshuis, The Hague
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