Timoclea Kills the Captain of Alexander the Great
Elisabetta Sirani, 1659
Museo di Capodimonte, Naples
Timoclea of Thebes pushes the soldier who assaulted her headfirst into a well. Sirani, one of the few women painters of her time, paints the victim as the one in control.
Image: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
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