Around 1610 -1650 · Chiaroscuro, dialogue and carnal presence

Artemisia gives the episodes of Christ a similar intensity, where light, gestures and looks make the sacred story a human encounter.

Artemisia Gentileschi is famous for her biblical heroines, but her images of Christ reveal another facet of her art. Trained in Caravaggesque naturalism, she brings the figures closer to the spectator, models the flesh with directed light and constructs the story from immediately readable gestures. In Christ Blessing Children, bodies come together around an exchange of glances and hands. Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well are based on a dialogue: the two figures occupy space with equal presence and hands. Christ and the Samaritan woman at the well are based on a dialogue: the two figures occupy space with equal presence, while the well becomes the concrete pivot of revelation. The Madonnas and the Adoration of the Magi combine rich fabrics, motherhood and monumentality. Artemisia thus adapts religious painting to the different contexts of Rome, Florence, Naples or London without losing its sense of dramatic proximity. The selection "Jesus Christ by Artemisia Gentileschi" notably compares Virgin and Child and the Rosary and Christ Blessing the Children. His reading favors drawing.

In Artemisia, Christ reveals himself in the relationship: a blessed hand, a look responds and the light brings beings together.