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
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
Book of Judith
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The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Church of the East Old Testament of the Bible. It is excluded from t
Judith beheading Holofernes
…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, Judith, a beautiful Jewish widow, enters…
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Simon Vouet, (Alte Pinakothek, Munich)
Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes
Judith and Holophernes, by Michelangelo, (Sistine Chapel, Vatican City)