Baroque masterpiece to go on show next to pupils' GCSE artwork

Artemisia Gentileschi’s 17th-century work to be displayed at secondary school in Newcastle A baroque period masterpiece bought by the National Gallery for £3.6m last year is to go on display alongside the GCSE artwork of probably apprehensive schoolgirls.Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (about 1615–17) will begin a four-day visit to Sacred Heart Catholic high school in Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday. Related: More savage than Caravagg