Jesse Locker
@jessemlocker.bsky.social
Professor of art history at Portland State University. Author of Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting (Yale University Press) and some other stuff. 2 parts Weltschmerz, 1 part vermouth
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Remind me to spend Christmas downstairs ("HOW CHRISTMAS IS SPENT DOWNSTAIRS," Illustrated Police News, London, January 1, 1898)
December 22, 2024 at 8:52 PM
Remind me to spend Christmas downstairs ("HOW CHRISTMAS IS SPENT DOWNSTAIRS," Illustrated Police News, London, January 1, 1898)
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Vivian Maier, Christmas Eve, 1953. East 78th Street & 3rd Avenue, New York
May 28, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Vivian Maier, Christmas Eve, 1953. East 78th Street & 3rd Avenue, New York
Viggo Johansen, Glade jul (Happy Christmas), 1891 (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)
December 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Viggo Johansen, Glade jul (Happy Christmas), 1891 (Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen)
Godfried Schalcken, Girl with a Candle, 1670-75, Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
December 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Godfried Schalcken, Girl with a Candle, 1670-75, Oil on canvas, 61 x 50 cm, Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence
For the last night of Chanukah: a Menorah Bong from the collection of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
A Grav Menorah Bong | Treasures from the YIVO Collections
YouTube video by YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
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December 22, 2025 at 4:38 AM
For the last night of Chanukah: a Menorah Bong from the collection of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
Artnews ranks the most important restorations of 2025, including Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of St. Ursula, Artemisia Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló, Waterlilies by Monet, and a major new attribution to Raphael
10 Restoration Wins That Gave Artworks New Life in 2025 | Artnet News
Monet's waterlilies, Gaudí architecture and Caravaggio's final painting have all received some much-needed restorations this year
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December 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Artnews ranks the most important restorations of 2025, including Caravaggio’s Martyrdom of St. Ursula, Artemisia Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Batlló, Waterlilies by Monet, and a major new attribution to Raphael
Who's going to write about this Haunted Vanilla Ice doll at the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium in Portland?
December 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Who's going to write about this Haunted Vanilla Ice doll at the Freakybuttrue Peculiarium in Portland?
For people in Melbourne, Christopher Marshall will be lecturing on Artemisia Gentileschi in March
What a Woman Can Do! Artemisia Gentileschi and the Struggle for Success with Professor Christopher Marshall - Event Information – ArtsHub Australia
Join Professor Christopher Marshall for a lecture which explores the life, work, and legacy of Artemisia Gentileschi.
www.artshub.com.au
December 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
For people in Melbourne, Christopher Marshall will be lecturing on Artemisia Gentileschi in March
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Hercules and Omphale, now on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, and the tradition of "donne forti" (strong women) in art
This Artemisia Gentileschi Painting Is Unlike Her Others. Here's Why
The surprising history behind Artemisia Gentileschi's recently reattributed Hercules and Omphale, and how it redefines gender roles.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Hercules and Omphale, now on view at the Columbus Museum of Art, and the tradition of "donne forti" (strong women) in art
Carlo Saraceni, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1610–1615, 90 cm (35 in) × 79 cm (31 in) (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
December 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Carlo Saraceni, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1610–1615, 90 cm (35 in) × 79 cm (31 in) (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna)
Between 11:49 AM and 12:51 PM today, I either lost a reader or one of them stopped being interested in art history. (Or, more likely, Academia.edu just makes things up.)
December 18, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Between 11:49 AM and 12:51 PM today, I either lost a reader or one of them stopped being interested in art history. (Or, more likely, Academia.edu just makes things up.)
"Fathers and Daughters," Part 4: Elizabeth Cropper on bronze medals celebrating painters Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi
Fathers and Daughters – Part 4 | Nicholas Hall
For the finale of her series on artist fathers and daughters, Elizabeth Cropper examines the extraordinary existence of cast bronze medals for Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi.
www.nicholashall.art
December 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Fathers and Daughters," Part 4: Elizabeth Cropper on bronze medals celebrating painters Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi, Annunciation (detail), 1630. Oil on canvas, 101 1/8 × 70 1/2 in. (257 × 179 cm). Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples.
December 17, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Artemisia Gentileschi, Annunciation (detail), 1630. Oil on canvas, 101 1/8 × 70 1/2 in. (257 × 179 cm). Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples.
The medieval association of Judith and Hanukkah is fascinating and made for great cuisine (ricotta pancakes, anyone?). But the decline of the tradition isn't because Judith was "suppressed." It's historically anachronistic: the story of Judith was set hundred of years before the events of Hanukkah
Look closely at a collection of old-fashioned Italian and German menorahs, and you’ll find a figure no longer mentioned in today’s Hanukkah story: a lone woman with a knife. She is Judith, the OG Jewish badass lady who was once commonly celebrated alongside the Maccabees.
This Hanukkah, Let’s Bring Back Judith Menorahs
The legendary heroine was once widely recognized with fried ricotta pancakes during holiday celebrations. What’s responsible for her erasure?
hyperallergic.com
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The medieval association of Judith and Hanukkah is fascinating and made for great cuisine (ricotta pancakes, anyone?). But the decline of the tradition isn't because Judith was "suppressed." It's historically anachronistic: the story of Judith was set hundred of years before the events of Hanukkah
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Pulcinella’s Farewell to Venice, pen and brown ink with brown wash over charcoal on laid paper, from the beautiful but very strange Pulcinella, ovvero, Divertimento per li regazzi (Pulcinella, or, Diversions for Children), 1798/1802 (National Gallery of Art)
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Pulcinella’s Farewell to Venice, pen and brown ink with brown wash over charcoal on laid paper, from the beautiful but very strange Pulcinella, ovvero, Divertimento per li regazzi (Pulcinella, or, Diversions for Children), 1798/1802 (National Gallery of Art)
Helene Schjerfbeck, Fragment, 1904. Oil on canvas, 12 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (Villa Gyllenberg / Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, Helsinki), from an exhibition of the Finnish painter now on at the Met
December 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Helene Schjerfbeck, Fragment, 1904. Oil on canvas, 12 3/8 x 13 3/8 in. (Villa Gyllenberg / Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation, Helsinki), from an exhibition of the Finnish painter now on at the Met
Through a muddled historical tradition, Judith was associated with the festival of Hanukkah. In some accounts, she made cheesy pancakes for Holofernes so he would ask for wine, get drunk, and she could kill him. Although there’s no sign of it in European art, here are some pictures of Judith anyway.
December 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Through a muddled historical tradition, Judith was associated with the festival of Hanukkah. In some accounts, she made cheesy pancakes for Holofernes so he would ask for wine, get drunk, and she could kill him. Although there’s no sign of it in European art, here are some pictures of Judith anyway.
Hanukkah in Kiel, Germany, 1931, photograph by Rachel Posner.
Inscribed on back: “Chanukah 5692 (1931): 'Juda verrecke' die Fahne spricht 'Juda lebt ewig' erwidert das Licht" ("'Death to Judah' so the flag says 'Judah will live forever' so the light answers")
Inscribed on back: “Chanukah 5692 (1931): 'Juda verrecke' die Fahne spricht 'Juda lebt ewig' erwidert das Licht" ("'Death to Judah' so the flag says 'Judah will live forever' so the light answers")
December 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Hanukkah in Kiel, Germany, 1931, photograph by Rachel Posner.
Inscribed on back: “Chanukah 5692 (1931): 'Juda verrecke' die Fahne spricht 'Juda lebt ewig' erwidert das Licht" ("'Death to Judah' so the flag says 'Judah will live forever' so the light answers")
Inscribed on back: “Chanukah 5692 (1931): 'Juda verrecke' die Fahne spricht 'Juda lebt ewig' erwidert das Licht" ("'Death to Judah' so the flag says 'Judah will live forever' so the light answers")
Pest control in the seventeenth century seems like a pretty involved affair, requiring little guillotines, a cat-belt (!), and all kinds of other stuff. [Mouse Catcher, attributed to Adriaen Matham, Rijksmuseum]
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Pest control in the seventeenth century seems like a pretty involved affair, requiring little guillotines, a cat-belt (!), and all kinds of other stuff. [Mouse Catcher, attributed to Adriaen Matham, Rijksmuseum]
Frans Snyders, Peasants on the Way to Market, c. 1650, 149 cm x 120 cm (Národní Galerie, Prague)
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Frans Snyders, Peasants on the Way to Market, c. 1650, 149 cm x 120 cm (Národní Galerie, Prague)
Pietro Longhi, La cioccolata del mattino (The Morning Chocolate), 1775-1780 Oil on canvas, 60 cm (23.6 in) x 47 cm (18.5 in). Longhi Room, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice #settecento #earlymodern #foodhistory
December 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Pietro Longhi, La cioccolata del mattino (The Morning Chocolate), 1775-1780 Oil on canvas, 60 cm (23.6 in) x 47 cm (18.5 in). Longhi Room, Ca' Rezzonico, Venice #settecento #earlymodern #foodhistory
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One of the great tragedies of history is that Maarten van Nieuwenhove had a face born to wear an oversized Metallica tshirt that smelled of weed but was forced to live in the 15th century
January 29, 2024 at 8:59 PM
One of the great tragedies of history is that Maarten van Nieuwenhove had a face born to wear an oversized Metallica tshirt that smelled of weed but was forced to live in the 15th century
Me after reading yet another AI-generated student essay
December 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Me after reading yet another AI-generated student essay
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11 December 1904 | A German Jew, Felix Nussbaum, was born in Osnabrück. A painter.
From 1933 in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien camp. He escaped & went into hiding in Belgium. Arrested in 1944 & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.
From 1933 in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien camp. He escaped & went into hiding in Belgium. Arrested in 1944 & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.
December 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
11 December 1904 | A German Jew, Felix Nussbaum, was born in Osnabrück. A painter.
From 1933 in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien camp. He escaped & went into hiding in Belgium. Arrested in 1944 & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.
From 1933 in exile. During the war he was interned in Saint-Cyprien camp. He escaped & went into hiding in Belgium. Arrested in 1944 & deported with his wife to Auschwitz where they perished.