Gentileschi’s 1616 nude to be digitally ‘unveiled’
Restorer Elizabeth Wicks works on the Allegory Of Inclination by Artemisia Gentileschi (Andrew Medichini/AP)
Art restorers in Florence have begun a six-month project to clean and virtually “unveil” a long-censored nude painting by Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most prominent women in the history of Italian art.
Swirling veils and drapery were added to the Allegory Of Inclination some 70 years after Gentileschi painted the life-size female nude, believed to be a self-portrait, in 1616.
