The Englishlanguage edition of Nathalie Ferlut and Tamia Baudouins stunning biography of Artemisia Gentileschi the trailblazing Italian baroque painter originally published in French. This fullcolor graphic novel recounts the remarkable story of Artemisia whose life story is told through the lens of Artemisias daughter as she questions her mother about their family history. The ensuing tale spans most of Gentileschis life beginning with her childhood in Rome in her fathers painting studio to the sexual abuse she experienced at the hands of a tutor and the arduous trial that followed as well as the highlights of her prolific career in which she received commissions from clients as powerful as the Medici and the English royal family and became the first woman admitted to the prestigious Academy of Arts in Florence.