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.

Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Squad via AP
The 17th century painter Artemisia Gentileschi's ‘Caritas Romana’ (Roman Charity). Carabinieri Cultural Heritage Protection Squad via AP

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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