Holofernes
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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
Judith beheading Holofernes
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The beheading of Holofernes by Judith is recounted in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, and is the subject of many paintings and sculptures from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. In the story, J
Holofernes
…Holofernes (Ancient Greek: Ὀλοφέρνης; Hebrew: הולופרנס) 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. The name 'Holofernes' is derived from the Old Persian name *Varufarnāh, meaning…
Judith Beheading Holofernes by Cornelis Galle the Elder (c. 1610) (Warsaw University Library)
Franz von Stuck, Judith (1926), Staatliches Museum Schwerin