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, a dash of film noir.
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Early Florentine self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi on view at Christie's in New York, and up for auction in in February. I just saw it in August and it's very close to her Inclination in the Casa Buonarroti (c. 1615) and other early self-portraits in Florence (thanks, @pjeromack.bsky.social!)
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Early Florentine self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi on view at Christie's in New York, and up for auction in in February. I just saw it in August and it's very close to her Inclination in the Casa Buonarroti (c. 1615) and other early self-portraits in Florence (thanks, @pjeromack.bsky.social!)
Elijah Boardman, Portrait of Connecticut dry-goods merchant Ralph Earl, 1789 Oil on canvas, 83 x 51 in. (210.8 x 129.5 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Elijah Boardman, Portrait of Connecticut dry-goods merchant Ralph Earl, 1789 Oil on canvas, 83 x 51 in. (210.8 x 129.5 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Michaelina Wautier at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Is Michaelina Wautier the Greatest Artistic Rediscovery of the Century?
The forgotten Old Master Michaelina Wautier comes roaring back in a sweeping exhibition at Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum.
news.artnet.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Michaelina Wautier at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
do you guys have artemisia pants yet
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
do you guys have artemisia pants yet
Early Florentine self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi on view at Christie's in New York, and up for auction in in February. I just saw it in August and it's very close to her Inclination in the Casa Buonarroti (c. 1615) and other early self-portraits in Florence (thanks, @pjeromack.bsky.social!)
November 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Early Florentine self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi on view at Christie's in New York, and up for auction in in February. I just saw it in August and it's very close to her Inclination in the Casa Buonarroti (c. 1615) and other early self-portraits in Florence (thanks, @pjeromack.bsky.social!)
"In the Seventeenth Century, Naples was full of Women's Voices": 67 works by women on view at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples. www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Mostre/Nel-S...
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"In the Seventeenth Century, Naples was full of Women's Voices": 67 works by women on view at the Gallerie d’Italia in Naples. www.ilgiornaledellarte.com/Mostre/Nel-S...
From the 1860s, but feels so modern.
[Fidelia Bridges, Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867, Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper, 8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.3 × 13 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)]
[Fidelia Bridges, Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867, Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper, 8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.3 × 13 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)]
November 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
From the 1860s, but feels so modern.
[Fidelia Bridges, Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867, Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper, 8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.3 × 13 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)]
[Fidelia Bridges, Garden View, Brooklyn, ca. 1867, Watercolor and gouache, with traces of graphite underdrawing, on tan hot-pressed wove paper, 8 × 5 1/8 in. (20.3 × 13 cm) (Metropolitan Museum of Art)]
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Hear author Carmen Ripollés talking about her new book on Josefa de Óbidos on the 'Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War' podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbR...
Episode 08 - Carmen Ripollés and the artist Josefa de Óbidos
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November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hear author Carmen Ripollés talking about her new book on Josefa de Óbidos on the 'Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War' podcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGbR...
"We were here. The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe." Free screening with the filmmaker at 5th Ave Cinema in Portland, Nov. 12 #pdx #earlymodern
We were here. The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe. | Gomry
Screening and post film discussion with Italian director Fred Kudjo Kuwornu."We Were Here" unveils the untold history of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe th
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November 7, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"We were here. The Untold Story of Black Africans in Renaissance Europe." Free screening with the filmmaker at 5th Ave Cinema in Portland, Nov. 12 #pdx #earlymodern
Claude Lorrain, View of the Acqua Acetosa, c. 1645, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite (Cleveland Museum of Art)
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Claude Lorrain, View of the Acqua Acetosa, c. 1645, pen and brown ink and brush and brown wash over graphite (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Orazio Gentileschi at the Musei Reali di Torino Nov. 22 to May 3
"Un pittore in viaggio": i Musei Reali di Torino accolgono le opere di Orazio Gentileschi - The Walk of Fame
I Musei Reali di Torino ospiteranno un’innovativa mostra sul pittore caravaggesco Orazio Gentileschi. Il filo conduttore sarà il viaggio.
www.thewalkoffame.it
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Orazio Gentileschi at the Musei Reali di Torino Nov. 22 to May 3
Frescos painted by Annibale Carracci and Francesco Albani for the Herrera Chapel in San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome (right on the Piazza Navona) now installed in the Prado in their original configuration
Poner en valor a Carracci y su Capilla Herrera
El Museo Nacional del Prado recupera la disposición original de la Capilla Herrera, del pintor barroco italiano Annibale Carracci.
arsmagazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Frescos painted by Annibale Carracci and Francesco Albani for the Herrera Chapel in San Giacomo degli Spagnoli in Rome (right on the Piazza Navona) now installed in the Prado in their original configuration
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156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o...
November 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
156 years ago #onthisday, Top the wombat died. He was the pet of the poet and artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti who, upon Top's passing, created this self-portrait in mourning. More on Rossetti and co’s curious but longstanding fixation with the #wombat here: publicdomainreview.org/essay/o...
A new work thought to be from Artemisia Gentileschi's Neapolitan period up for auction at Christie's www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
November 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A new work thought to be from Artemisia Gentileschi's Neapolitan period up for auction at Christie's www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6...
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the thing in medieval confessional manuals about being careful not to accidentally introduce your parishioners to ways of sinning they had never yet considered. like that.
good morning specifically to the FBI agent who introduced Mamdani’s dad to Marx
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
the thing in medieval confessional manuals about being careful not to accidentally introduce your parishioners to ways of sinning they had never yet considered. like that.
A portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola the centerpiece of "Poetic Portraits: Allegory and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe" at Timken Museum of Art in San Diego www.timkenmuseum.org/news/poetic-...
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola the centerpiece of "Poetic Portraits: Allegory and Identity in Sixteenth-Century Europe" at Timken Museum of Art in San Diego www.timkenmuseum.org/news/poetic-...
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
A fascinating look at the things Vermeer owned, and very close to my own research on Italian artists (now just wishing I knew Dutch)
A rare jewellery box identified in Vermeer paintings sheds new light on the artist’s connections
The expensive Indo-Portuguese casket depicted in two works was likely a loan from a wealthy patron, a new book reveals
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
A fascinating look at the things Vermeer owned, and very close to my own research on Italian artists (now just wishing I knew Dutch)
Wax sculptures are some of the eeriest and most fascinating. Exhibition from Medici collections opens at the Uffizi December 16. (Play on words "Cera una volta" works a lot better in Italian.)
Wax upon a time. Sculptures from the Medici collections
From 16 December 2025 to 12 April 2026 in the new exhibition spaces on the ground floor of the Uffizi Galleries
www.uffizi.it
November 4, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Wax sculptures are some of the eeriest and most fascinating. Exhibition from Medici collections opens at the Uffizi December 16. (Play on words "Cera una volta" works a lot better in Italian.)
Formerly attributed to Domenico Fetti, the authorship of this lovely 17th-century painting in Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, remains uncertain
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Formerly attributed to Domenico Fetti, the authorship of this lovely 17th-century painting in Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, remains uncertain
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I was interviewed about my family history during the Spanish Cilvil was and about my new book on Josefa de Óbidos for the podcast "Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War"
Youtube: youtu.be/VGbRZMCAaYg
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ij3...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Youtube: youtu.be/VGbRZMCAaYg
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ij3...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Episode 08 - Carmen Ripollés and the artist Josefa de Óbidos
YouTube video by Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War
youtu.be
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I was interviewed about my family history during the Spanish Cilvil was and about my new book on Josefa de Óbidos for the podcast "Family Secrets of the Spanish Civil War"
Youtube: youtu.be/VGbRZMCAaYg
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ij3...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Youtube: youtu.be/VGbRZMCAaYg
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/6ij3...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Interview with @cripolles.bsky.social on her new book about 17th-century Portuguese painter Josefa de Óbidos
Illuminating Josefa de Óbidos: Carmen Ripollés explores the art and life of the baroque artist
Carmen Ripollés, professor in the Schnitzer School of Art + Art History + Design, whose research focuses on the art of the Iberian world in the early modern era, recently published “Josefa de Óbidos,”...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Interview with @cripolles.bsky.social on her new book about 17th-century Portuguese painter Josefa de Óbidos
Morris Kantor, Captain’s House, 1929, oil on canvas, 1929, 26 1/8 x 30 in. (66.2 x 76.2 cm) (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Morris Kantor, Captain’s House, 1929, oil on canvas, 1929, 26 1/8 x 30 in. (66.2 x 76.2 cm) (Smithsonian American Art Museum)