Holofernes was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith. He was beheaded by Judith, who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620
Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613
Judith August Riedel 1840
Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio. She was producing p
Holofernes
…Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620 Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613 Holofernes (Ancient Greek: Ὀλοφέρνης…
Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638–39
Judith and Her Maidservant, 1625, Detroit Institute of Arts
Susanna and the Elders, 1610, earliest of her surviving works, Schönborn Collection, Pommersfelden
Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist, c. 1610–1615, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest