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SYMHC Classics: Artemisia Gentileschi

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Painting of Susanna and the Elders

Tasi was found guilty of incest and exiled from Rome for five years. He didn't even have to face this horrible torture that she did. Artemisia Gentileschi married another painter, Pirantonio de Vicenzo Stiatese. The couple left Rome and headed to Florence where they became friends with Galileo. She painted Judith Slaying Hallofernes in which a woman kills the Assyrian military leader.

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