Attributed works:
1. David with the head of Goliath, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1639.
Oil on canvas, 202 by 137 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
10. X-radiograph of Fig.1. 2019. (Courtesy AAR and Simon Gillespie
Studio).
Attributed works:
11. Fig.1 shown before treatment. 2018.
Attributed works:
12. Infra-red photograph of Fig.1. 2019. (Courtesy AAR and Simon
Gillespie Studio).
Attributed works:
13–16. Details of Fig.1, photographed in raking light to show the incisions
on (clockwise from top left) David’s heel; David’s left foot; David’s right
hand; and David’s neck. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
Attributed works:
17–20. Cross-section of a paint sample from David’s waistcoat
photographed at x200 magnification, fragmented into an upper part,
showing evidence of red lake, angular blue/grey smalt, lead white and
ochre, shown in reflected white light (top left); and UV light (top right);
and a lower part, showing evidence of blue smalt grains from the
overlying paint layer, shown in reflected white light (bottom left);
and UV light (bottom right). (Courtesy Tracey D. Chaplin).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Birth of St John the Baptist, by Artemisia Gentileschi.
1635–36. Oil on canvas, 184 by 258 cm. (Museo Nacional del
Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
21. Artemisia Gentileschi’s signature as it was discovered during
cleaning. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
Attributed works:
22. Detail of a false colour rendering of Fig.1, showing Artemisia’s
signature on David’s sword. (Courtesy Simon Gillespie Studio).
Attributed works:
23. Detail of an infra-red photograph of Fig.1, showing Artemisia’s
signature on David’s sword. (Courtesy AAR and Simon Gillespie Studio).
Attributed works:
3. Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi.
1626–30. Oil on canvas, 93 by 74.5 cm. (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte
Antica in Palazzo Barberini, Rome)
Attributed works:
4. David with the head of Goliath, by Domenico Fetti. 1614–15.
Oil on canvas, 160 by 112 cm. (Gemäldegalerie, Dresden).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing David’s face.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Esther before Ahasuerus, by Artemisia Gentileschi.
1627–28. Oil on canvas, 208.3 by 273.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
7. Bathsheba, by Artemisia Gentileschi. 1635–40. Oil on canvas,
265 by 219 cm. (Formerly Gosford House, East Lothian).
Attributed works:
8. Allegory of painting, by Artemisia Gentileschi. c.1639. Oil
on canvas, 98.6 by 75.2 cm. (Hampton Court Palace, Royal Collection
Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2020).
Attributed works:
9. Black-and-white photograph of Fig.1. 1975. (Courtesy Sotheby’s,
London).
