He nods a bit at that. "But even people who choose the same scene can do it in different ways. Especially depending on if it was painted by a man or a woman. There weren't a lot of female Baroque painters, but some of them did really ... impressive, daring work."

He pauses, before stopping in front of a self-portrait of Artemisia Gentileschi. "She's personally one of my favorites. She was never afraid to paint things as they were rather than the prettier picture that everyone wanted to see."