Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Goes on View for First Time in Nearly 400 Years at Texas Museum

The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has acquired an Artemisia Gentileschi painting that has been owned by private collectors for nearly 400 years. When the work goes on view today, it will be the first time the painting has been exhibited publicly since the 17th century.The painting, titled Penitent Mary Magdalene (1625–26), centers a female figure from the Bible, making it one of the many by Gentileschi to do so. Gentileschi’s work has been prized by art historians for the