Judith and the Head of Holofernes is an oil painting by Gustav Klimt, painted in 1901. It depicts the biblical figure Judith holding the head of Holofernes after beheading him. The beheading and its a
Judith 1
The Sin, 1893, by Franz Stuck
Judith II, 1909, by Klimt
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
Judith I
…Judith und Holofernes) is an oil painting by Gustav Klimt, painted in 1901. It depicts the biblical figure Judith holding the head of Holofernes after beheading him. The beheading and its aftermath have been commonly portrayed in art since the Renaissance, and Klimt himself painted a second work depicting the subject…
Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620
Cristofano Allori, Judith with the Head of Holofernes (1613)
Judith Beheading Holofernes by Cornelis Galle the Elder (c. 1610) (Warsaw University Library)
Franz von Stuck, Judith (1926), Staatliches Museum Schwerin