# Danaë [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GENTILESCHI, Artemisia]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on copper, 41 x 53 cm ## Commentary In creating her composition, Artemisia expanded on earlier prototypes, particularly <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/t/tiziano/08b/1dana\_pr.html'\)" href="/html/t/tiziano/08b/1dana\_pr.html">Titian's Danaë</a> in the Prado. The authorship of this painting is debated, some critics attribute it to Artemisia's father, Orazio Gentileschi. ## Related artworks - [Bathsheba at her Bath]() - [Bathsheba]() - [Birth of St John the Baptist]() - [Clio, the Muse of History]() - [Danaë \(detail\)]() - [Jael and Sisera]() - [Judith and Her Maidservant]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes \(detail\)]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Judith Beheading Holofernes]() - [Mary Magdalen]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()