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A realistically proportioned nude woman is shown sitting at the edge of a pool, beside a small fountain. Leaning over the wall behind her are two older men leering at her; her distress at this invasion is evident by her upward-cast eyes and an attempt to cover herself with her arms and her
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The work was painted in 1622, two years after
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161.5 cm × 123 cm (63.6 in × 48 in)
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in several paintings. Similar compositions of
Susanna and the Elders are at
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The painting was loaned to the
Gentileschi exhibition that was held at the
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The work may have been commissioned by papal nephew
Cardinal
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Portrait of a Lady, dressed in a gold embroidered costume
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in London in 2020, but had been postponed because of the
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344:"Artemisia | Exhibitions | National Gallery, London"
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The figure's arms are arranged in the pose known as
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221:Brownlow Cecil, 9th Earl of Exeter
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369:Orazio and Artemesia Gentileschi
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512:Self-Portrait as a Lute Player
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353:2019-05-10
248:References
225:Grand Tour
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231:See also
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183:History
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