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
Judith Beheading Holofernes c. 1620, now at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, is the renowned painting by Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi depicting the assassination of Holofernes from the deuteroc
Judith beheading Holofernes
…Head of Goliath: Holofernes' head is a portrait of the artist, Judith is his ex-mistress, and the maid her mother. In Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (Naples), she demonstrates her knowledge of the Caravaggio Judith Slaying Holofernes of 1612; like Caravaggio, she chooses to show the actual moment…
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant, c. 1618, oil on canvas. Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith and her Maidservant, c. 1625, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, USA
Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1598–99, by Caravaggio