Italy Thwarts Allegedly Illegal Auction of Gentileschi Painting
Gentileschi was unusual for achieving success as a female painter in the male-dominated art world of her time.
ROME — Italy’s art squad police said Tuesday they have thwarted the potential illegal sale by a Vienna auction house of a 17th-century painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, a celebrated Baroque artist.
Carabinieri police said that art merchants had allegedly described the work as being painted by a follower of Gentileschi, and not the artist herself, to fraudulently obtain export permission from Italian authorities.
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