Cathy's Art Diary

Interesting exhibition at Robilant and Voena looking at the art of Artemisia Gentileschi and its influence. This was a small show of two rooms which sadly didn’t include much by Gentileschi in fact there was only one and that was a new attribution. It was a full length portrait of a man in black, Antoine de Ville, and identified as a Gentileschi by her initials in the silver trinkets around his neck. It was a striking picture but I found the head a little small and not quite in keeping with the body. There was also a picture by Gentileschi’s daughter, Prudenzia, “Allegory of Rhetoric” possibly after a picture by her mother. It was a nice touch to hang it with a modern take on the work by Francesco Vezzoli. Other interesting works in a similar style included a Guido Cagnacci and a Luca Giordano. I also loved a nice Pompeo Batoni. Closes on 18 January 2019