The Story of Artemizia Gentileschi

Artemizia Gentileschi was born in Rome, Italy, on July 8th of 1593. Her father Orazio became aware that his daughter had artistic leanings and he started to teach her how to paint. She produced her earliest signed work in 1610 at the age of 17 - called Susanna and the Elders. The next year, she was raped by her father's colleague Agostheno Tassie. This is the same landscape painter that her father worked on church frescoes with.