Is It? The Art Mystery Podcast
Is It? is a brand new podcast on art history’s mysteries. In each episode, we ask the question of whether a certain painting is by a certain famous artist. These are puzzle paintings, works that have divided and confounded scholars, sometimes for centuries.
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Is It an Artemisia? (opens the original)
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This episode tests the attribution of two paintings long thought to have been by the great Baroque master, Artemisia Gentileschi--Madonna and Child, and Saint Cecilia, both of which are part of the wonderful collection at Galleria Spada in Rome. Though both works have been part of the collection and attributed to Artemisia since the 17th century, forensic analysis raised some questions that, through our discussion, we can deem solved! To discuss these works, host Noah Charney is joined by Adrian
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