A half-length portrait of a woman, turned sideways to face the left edge of the painting, wearing an aubergine-colored gown, olive-green cloak, and gold scarf. Her red hair is pulled back from her forehead. Her elbows are bent so that her hands are in front of her chest. In her right hand she grasps a long thin martyr's palm. In her left she holds the base of a small tazza on which sit two human eyes, which are one of St. Lucy's attributes.

#SaintLucy, between 1636 & 1638, by #ArtemisiaGentileschi (Italian, 1593-1652/3?). Private collection; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastofStLucy #StLucyFeastDay

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A three-quarter length portrait of a dark-haired female saint wearing a wreath of pink and white roses on her head, and a gold dress. Half of her face is in shadow; she holds a martyr’s palm in her left hand and with her right hand she grips the stem of a tazza on which sit two eyes, St. Lucy’s attribute.

#SaintLucy, between 1642 & 1644, by #ArtemisiaGentileschi (Italian, 1593-1652/3?). Held at El Museo Soumaya; source, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa... #womenartists #artherstory #FeastofStLucy #StLucyFeastDay

#StLucy / #SantaLucia, n.d., attr to #OrsolaMaddalenaCaccia (#TheodoraCaccia; Italian, c. 1596-c. 1676). Private collection? Source, www.artnet.com/artists/orso... #artherstory #womenartists #FeastofStLucy