Self-portrait as the Allegory of Painting (La Pittura) - Artemisia Gentileschi Italian Baroque painter and the first woman to be accepted into the Accademia di Arte del Disegno. This is believed to be an actual self-portrait. Caravaggio, Renaissance Kunst, Renaissance Artists, Orazio Gentileschi, Female Painters, Royal Collection Trust, Baroque Art, Italian Baroque, Baroque Painting