In Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli, how is the Critical reception discussed?
Art historians have noted that the style has less of the drama associated with her earlier paintings, naming it "a balanced and conservative composition." Others have pointed to the need to use a particular tone that would blend with the other paintings created for the renovation of the cathedral - this would have obliged Gentileschi to work in a slightly more muted style.