Season 1, Episode 4
This week - Artemisia Gentileschi. Is she as good as everyone says? We also review Grayson Perry's new TV art show and discuss why picture restoration has suddenly become such a popular topic.
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI (1593-1653)
The postponed show at The National Gallery
Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (c. 1616)
Self-Portrait as a Lute Player (1610s)
The recently discovered David and Goliath
Portrait of a Lady with a Fan (mid 1620s)
Judith Slaying Holofernes (1614-1621)
Saint Cecilia (1620)
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) (1638-39)
ISOLATION
Conserving Art at the Met
Everhard Jabach (1618-1695) and His Family (c. 1660) by Charles Le Brun (1619-1690)
ON THE WALL
Crucifixion (1565) by Jacopo Tintoretto (1518-1594)
Skull, urchins and lamp on a table (1943) by Picasso (1881-1973)