David and Goliath (Artemisia Gentileschi)

{{Short description|Painting by Artemisia Gentileschi}}

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| title = David and Goliath

| artist = Artemisia Gentileschi

| image = Artemisia Gentileschi - David with the Head of Goliath, Hampel-116058045.jpg

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| year = c. 1630s

| medium = Oil on canvas

| height_metric = 203.5

| width_metric = 152

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David and Goliath is a painting of David and Goliath by the seventeenth-century artist Artemisia Gentileschi. It is held by a private collection in the United Kingdom.

The painting was only identified as being by Artemisia in 2020, after work done by art historian Gianni Papi and restorer Simon Gillespie.{{cite web |title=David and Goliath by Artemisia Gentileschi |url=https://www.simongillespie.com/artemisia-gentileschi-david |website=Simon Gillespe Studio |access-date=30 January 2022}} The painting features Artemisia's name painted along the blade of David's sword. Previously, the painting was attributed to Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri, a student of Artemisia's father, Orazio Gentileschi.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/newly-attributed-artemisia-gentileschi-painting-revealed-in-london|title=Newly attributed Artemisia Gentileschi painting of David and Goliath revealed in London|website=www.theartnewspaper.com|access-date=2020-02-29}}{{Cite news |last=Sanderson |first=David |date=2020-02-28 |title=David and Goliath painting revealed as an Artemisia Gentileschi |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/sword-points-to-a-lost-artemisia-dz3088cdt |access-date=2020-02-29 |work=The Sunday Times |language=en |issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite news|last=Moorhead|first=Joanna|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/feb/29/artemisia-gentileschi-national-gallery-baroque-heroine-female-caravaggio|title=Artemisia Gentileschi, the baroque #MeToo heroine who avenged her rape through art|date=2020-02-29|work=The Observer|access-date=2020-02-29|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}{{Cite journal|last=Papi|last2=Chaplin|last3=Gillespie|title=A ‘David and Goliath’ by Artemisia Gentileschi rediscovered|url=https://www.burlington.org.uk/archive/back-issues/202003|journal=Burlington Magazine|publication-date=March 2020|volume=162}} Recent research has indicated that this work was once part of Charles I's collection.