Artemisia Gentileschi's Neapolitan Years Explored in Major Exhibition at Gallerie d'Italia

A major exhibition at the newly opened Gallerie d'Italia in Naples focuses on Artemisia Gentileschi's Neapolitan period (1630–1654), the longest and final phase of her career. Organized in collaboration with the National Gallery of London, Museo di Capodimonte, Archivio di Stato, and Università L'Orientale di Napoli, the show is curated by Antonio Ernesto Denunzio and Giuseppe Porzio. It brings together works from Italian and international public and private collections, displayed in the ground-floor spaces of the former Banco di Napoli building, designed by Marcello Piacentini in 1940 and renovated by Michele De Lucchi. The exhibition highlights Gentileschi's dialogue with local contemporaries such as Bernardo Cavallino and Massimo Stanzione, and her likely contact with fellow painter "Annella" De Rosa. It also features prestigious commissions like the San Gennaro for Pozzuoli Cathedral and explores her pioneering role as a female professional painter. The show includes archival documents and literary references, closing with a passage from Anna Banti's 1947 novel about the artist.