For more than 100 years it had been kept in storage at Hampton Court Palace after being mis-attributed to an anonymous French artist.
Susanna and the Elders, c1638-9, by Artemisia Gentileschi, following the completion of extensive conservation treatment
The painting was rediscovered while curators of the Royal Collection Trust were tracing paintings sold off and scattered across Europe after Charles I’s execution. The branding of ‘CR’, to stand for Carolus Rex, was later found of the back of the canvas when it was undergoing conservation treatment, confirming that the painting was once in Charles I’s collection.
“Susanna first hung above a new fireplace – probably installed at the same time as the painting – emblazoned with Henrietta Maria’s personal cipher ‘HMR’ . It was very much the Queen’s painting.” Her work fell out of favour in the 18th and 19th centuries, but in the last 50 years she has become known for her “powerful and empathetic depictions of women from history”, the Royal Collection Trust has said.
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