Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter who, although overlooked as an artist because of her gender, continually produced works of art depicting powerful mythical women. Gentileschi's work was as equally impressive as her male contemporaries' but the public could not accept that a young woman could have such talent in painting. This led to accusations against her of receiving help from her famous artistic father. All of the work is undoubtedly hers as she focuses on illustrating the importance of the unity of women while her father painted mostly in a Mannerist style. Long after, Artemisia was commended for her detailed work and was the first woman to be admitted into the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence, Italy's art capital during the Baroque period.
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