This richly illustrated exhibition catalog accompanies Orazio Gentileschi. A Painter on the Move, a major exhibition presented at the Musei Reali di Torino from November 2025 to May 2026. The book explores the career of Orazio Gentileschi as that of a highly mobile and internationally active artist, whose work developed through constant movement across artistic centers in Italy and Europe.
Rather than framing Gentileschi solely through the lens of Caravaggism, the catalog presents him as an independent and refined painter, attentive to elegance, balance, and the poetic use of light. Essays by leading scholars trace his travels from Tuscany to Rome, Genoa, Paris, and London, examining how each context influenced his stylistic evolution and professional network.
The volume places particular emphasis on Gentileschi’s role in the transnational circulation of artistic ideas during the seventeenth century, addressing themes of patronage, artistic exchange, and cultural adaptation. High-quality reproductions of paintings and drawings allow for close visual analysis of his treatment of biblical, mythological, and allegorical subjects.
Published in connection with the exhibition at the Royal Museums of Turin and organized with Artemisia, this catalog functions both as a scholarly resource and as a visually compelling art book for readers interested in Italian Baroque painting and the international dimensions of early modern art.
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