The New York Times has recently reviewed the exhibition “By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500–1800,” on view at the Wadsworth Atheneum until January 9, 2022. The exhibition celebrates and explores the contributions of Italian women artists the Renaissance and the Baroque period, including several alumnae of Robert Simon Fine Art. Paintings handled by our gallery feature prominently in the exhibition and in the Times review, including Ginevra Cantofoli’s Cleopatra and Elisabetta Sirani’s Berenice (illustrated above at left), as well as the pastels by Rosalba Carriera and her pupil Marianna Carlevarijs.