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“And yet, look at the detail, the power. The cold rage onJudith’s face! This is a portrait of female vengeance. It was a personal theme in Artemisia’s life.”
“Why?”
“As a young woman, Artemisia was raped by her teacher. In this painting you can see her fury, feel her satisfaction in delivering her own brand of justice. It glorifies violence, but it’s violence in the name of justice. That’s why so many of my female students are fascinated by Artemisia. She gives life to female fantasies of punishing the men who abused them. It’s power to the powerless.” He closed the laptop and looked at Jane, as if she in particular understood what he was talking about. “You can see why the subject appealed to Amy.”
“Power to the powerless.”
“A universal theme. Victims fighting back and winning.”
“You think Amy saw herself as a victim?”
“She told me one of the reasons Artemisia’s work fascinated her was because of the abuse her mother suffered from that previous partner. I gather this happened years ago, but these sorts of traumas echo through the rest of your life. And now, if she’s being stalked—” He paused, a thought suddenly occurring to him. “That hit-and-run accident in March. Does it have something to do with her stalker?”
“We don’t know.”
“Because if it wasn’t an accident…” He looked at Jane. “Then this man is trying to kill her.”
