Artemisia Gentileschi
Timeline
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Born on July 8 in Rome.
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Death of her mother.
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Began to paint in her father’s studio.
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Completed earliest known work, Susanna and the Elders.
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Testified against Agostino Tassi (1580–1644) in rape trial. One month later, married Pierantonio Stiattesi (b. 1584) and moved to Florence.
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Accepted as the first female member of the Accademia della Arti del Disegno.
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Birth of Prudenzia, her only child who lived into adulthood.
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Returned to Rome.
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Traveled to Venice.
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Moved to Naples.
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Traveled to London.
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Death of her father.
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Died (?) in Naples, possibly of during the Naples Plague.