In "Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi", three case studies show how Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi reused figures in dramatically different contexts. While issues of attribution are still very much alive in several works by Orazio and his daughter Artemisia, it is clear that both artists returned to and reworked certain themes and compositions throughout their careers. In this exhibition, an intimate group of paintings by father and daughter will beautifully distill the artists’ capacity to modify and manipulate forms across subjects.
"Variations" is on view Sun, 04/11/2021 to Sun, 08/22/2021 at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Generous support for public programs related to Variations: The Reuse of Models in Paintings by Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi is provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Featured Artworks:
Danaë, c. 1623. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 162 x 228.5 cm. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 1971.101
Penitent Magdalene, c. 1620s. Attributed to Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 159 x 195 cm. Private collection, Dallas
@DetroitInstituteArts's Young Woman with a Violin (Saint Cecilia), c. 1612. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 83.2 x 97.8 cm. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 68.47
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639). Oil on canvas; 136.5 x 159 cm. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT, The Ella Gallup Sumner and Mary Catlin Sumner Collection Fund, 1949.52
@stlartmuseum's Danaë, c. 1612. Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on copper; 41.3 x 52.7 cm. Saint Louis Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Edward Mallinckrodt, Sydney M. Shoenberg Sr., Horace Morison, Mrs. Florence E. Bing, Morton D. May in honor of Perry T. Rathbone, Mrs. James Lee Johnson Jr., Oscar Johnson, Fredonia J. Moss, Mrs. Arthur Drefs, Mrs. W. Welles Hoyt, J. Lionberger Davis, Jacob M. Heimann, Virginia Linn Bullock in memory of her husband, George Benbow Bullock, C. Wickham Moore, Mrs. Lyda D’Oench Turley and Miss Elizabeth F. D’Oench, and J. Harold Pettus, and bequests of Mr. Alfred Keller and Cora E. Ludwig, by exchange, 93:1986
Death of Cleopatra, c. 1610–12. Orazio Gentileschi (Italian, 1563–1639) or Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian, 1593–1654 or later). Oil on canvas; 117.5 x 182 cm. Etro Collection. Photo: Manusrdi srl – Studio fotografico
Sonata Prima, from Sonate Concertate in Stil Moderno, Libro II by Dario Costello(1602-1631); Mino Hashizume, violin; QinYing Tan, harpsichord
