An Italian Baroque painter who began producing professional work at 15! Artemisia is known for her dark and highly realistic style of painting women from myths, allegories, and the Bible. She gained an international clientele, and was the first woman to become a member of the Accademia di Arte del Disegno in Florence! Unfortunately, her beautiful work is often overshadowed by her participation in the trial of the rapists who took her viginity at 19. #herstory#GLovelysQCC poses:#Erensparkles