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Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi

Presented by The Cleveland Museum of Art at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH

Apr 11 2021
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Aug 22 2021
Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi

Exhibition features an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi that beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects.

Recent conservation of the CMA’s Italian Baroque painting Danaë by Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639) has revealed a more vibrant and refined painting than has hitherto been possible to perceive. It is an extraordinary work now conveying the artist’s trademark virtuosity in painting drapery and flesh tones. Danaë is the second version of a picture painted in Genoa around 1621–22 by Orazio, who often copied his own works; these subsequent versions can rival the original in ... view more »

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The Cleveland Museum of Art

11150 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106

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