Newly discovered Artemisia work to go under hammer in Paris

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Newly discovered Artemisia work to go under hammer in Paris
A woman looks at the painting 'Lucrece' by female Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi (1593 to ab 1652), put up for auction at the auction house Artcurial in Paris on November 8, 2019. Paris auctioneers will next week sell the newly-discovered canvas by the female Italian 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi amid a surge of interest in her extraordinarily dramatic work. The painting, depicting the outraged honor of a woman, will be put up for auction at Artcurial in Paris and is valued between 600,000 and 800,000 euros (USD 661266 - 881688). BERTRAND GUAY / AFP.

by Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere



PARIS (AFP).- A newly discovered canvas by the female 17th-century Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi will go up for auction in Paris next week amid a surge of interest in her extraordinarily dramatic work.

Leading auction house Artcurial will on Wednesday offer the painting "Lucretia" by Artemisia with a base estimate of 600,000-800,000 euros ($660,000-$880,000), it told AFP on Friday.

The painting was discovered only recently in a private collection in the French city of Lyon, where it had been stored unrecognised for some 40 years, Artcurial said.

The painting depicts Lucretia, the ancient Roman noblewoman who killed herself after being raped, showing her bare-breasted and about to plunge a dagger into her upper chest.

The work is "worthy of the great museums of the world" and "comes to us in an exceptional state of conservation", said prominent art expert Eric Turquin.

It is extremely rare for Artemisia works to come on the market and the painting is expected to go to a private buyer.

The current record for her work is the 2.8 million euros reached for a painting of Saint Catherine sold in Paris in 2017.

'Destiny of salvation'
After several years of obscurity, Artemisia (1593-1654) is now recognised as one of the greatest painters of the post-Caravaggio era and one of the few to match the great Baroque master's sense of drama and light.

Her status as of the few female painters of the period has also fuelled a surge of interest in her work and life.

She was raped by fellow painter Agostino Tassi and had to undergo excruciating cross-examination during a highly publicised trial which resulted in his conviction.

The painting of Lucretia shows a "desire to shock, force through a point and find the viewer which is Caravaggio-esque," Turquin said.

Matthieu Fournier, director of the department of old masters at Artcurial, descrived the depiction of Lucretia in the painting as "autobiographical".

"The story of Artemisia is just like that story (of Lucretia) except that Artemisia decided on another outcome for her life," he told AFP.

"She was raped by Tassi who worked with her father Orazio Gentileschi. She decided to start a trial so he was convicted. She won. Thus she gave a destiny of salvation to her life as a woman and career as an artist," he added.

In a sign of Artemisia's growing prominence, the National Gallery in London will next year stage the first major exhibition of her work in Britain, bringing together 35 works from around the world.


© Agence France-Presse










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