A quick warning. This episode is not suitable for younger listeners.

Although we don't get too explicit, there are inevitable moments of several kinds of violence.

So those of you with young friends with you, or who are troubled by conversations about sexual

violence, please, this is not the episode for you. We just thought you'd better know ahead of time.

And now, on with the show.

Welcome to the History Tricks, where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely

coincidental. And here's your 30-second summary.

She was the subject of torture and the toast of the Italian art world.

She painted lots of women, but was one of the few in her field.

She was a broke painter, yet she made lots of money. 10 points from Hufflepuff for that pun,

Susan, and let's meet Artimisia Gentaleschi. The end.

Let's talk about Artimisia Gentaleschi.

But first, let's drop her into history. In 1593, Elizabeth I began her final 10 years of rule.

Henry IV ruled as the first bourbon king of France, and that year he converted to Roman Catholicism.

In a sentence I never thought I'd ever say, using the Polygon approximation method,

a flimish mathematician arrived at the 15th decimal point of pie.

Holland granted a patent on a windmill with a crankshaft.

Shakespeare wrote Venus and Adonis, the two gentlemen of Verona, Richard III,

and he began the taming of the shrew. The Renaissance art period was kind of winding down,

and the Baroque was about to begin when, on July 8th, 1593, Artimisia Gentaleschi was born.

Artimisia Gentaleschi was born in Rome. The first child of the four of noted painter,

Aratso Gentaleschi, and his wife Prudentia. Artimisia was the only daughter in the family,

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