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In one self-portrait, this artist holds a palm frond in the right hand and wears a blue turban. This artist uses similar poses in both a self-portrait as an Egyptian saint and a self-portrait wearing blue Romani clothing “as a lute player.” Mary Garrard noted that this artist was uniquely (10[1])suited to adapt content from Cesare (“CHAY-zah-ray”) Ripa’s Iconologia into a self-portrait while working for Charles I of Britain. (10[1])In that self-portrait, this artist wears (10[1])green and holds a palette in the left hand and lifts the right arm while painting with a brush. Susanna and the Elders is the earliest-known painting by this artist of Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting. For 10 points, what Baroque artist likely used (10[1])herself as a model in a painting of the beheading of an Assyrian (10[1])general, titled Judith Beheading (10[1])Holofernes? ■END■ (0[3])

ANSWER: Artemisia Gentileschi (“jen-til-LESS-kee”) [or Artemisia] (The first clue refers to Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr. The Egyptian saint is Saint Catherine of Alexandria.)
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