"The work that sold today is one of only five self-portraits that Gentileschi painted, and three are in museums, according to Christie's. Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria is likely the earliest of the five, and is believed to have been painted when the artist was just shy of 20 years old and in Florence, where she lived from 1613 to 1620."
"The work hammered at the auction house's Rockefeller Center headquarters as part of its main January Old Master sale, trouncing its estimate of $2.5 million to $3.5 million. The previous auction high for a Gentileschi was $5.25 million (€4.7 million), which was set in 2019 at Artcurial in Paris for Lucrèce, above a high estimate of €800,000. Adjusted for inflation, that would come to roughly $6.6 million, almost $1 million above the new result."
A self-portrait by Artemisia Gentileschi portraying her as Saint Catherine of Alexandria sold at Christie's New York for about $5.69 million, far exceeding its $2.5–$3.5 million estimate. The sale establishes a new auction record for Gentileschi, surpassing a prior high from 2019 when adjusted for inflation. The painting is one of only five known self-portraits and is likely the earliest, believed to have been painted when the artist was just shy of twenty while living in Florence (1613–1620). The work had been on loan to the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo since 2022 and is requested for a 2028 Nivaagaard exhibition. The National Gallery of Art acquired Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy (c.1625), which depicts the Magdalene in a powerful state of spiritual transformation.
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