Baroque masterpiece to go on show next to pupils' GCSE artworkA baroque period masterpiece bought by the National Gallery for £3.6m last year is to go on display alongside the GCSE artwork of probably apprehensive schoolgirls. Artemisia Gentileschi’s Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (about 1615–17) will begin a four-day visit to Sacred Heart Catholic high school in Newcastle upon Tyne on Tuesday. Even though she worked for a short time in England, she was not represented in any UK collection until the National Gallery acquisition. The painting will go on display at Sacred Heart, a specialist performing arts school, alongside pupils’ GCSE artwork and will be the focus of a number of workshops. Anita Bath, the headteacher at Sacred Heart, said it was an apt location given the school was “founded by a similarly pioneering woman”.

Source: The Guardian May 13, 2019 22:52 UTC