Jesse Locker is professor of Italian Renaissance and Baroque art at Portland State University, and the author of 'Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting' (Yale).

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Penitent Mary Magdalene (c. 1625–26), Artemisia Gentileschi. Private collection

Has a long-lost Artemisia finally come to light?

Painted in around 1625, the Penitent Mary Magdalene inspired a host of copies before disappearing. Now, it has resurfaced in a private collection

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