Heroine of Art,” at the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris.

Tarnished by scandal and hindered by a society that expected women to be either nuns or wives, Artemisia Gentileschi nevertheless became the most accomplished female painter of her time.

After striving for recognition and ultimately gaining it as the greatest woman painter of the Baroque era, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1656) fell into relative obscurity after her death until scholars ...

“He saw the painting and said ‘Yes, it’s by Artemisia Gentileschi’ and I was just wondering who she was,” says Taylor. Forty years later, Taylor is still trying to solve the mystery ...