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Judith Beheading Holofernes is a painting of the biblical episode by Caravaggio, painted in c. 1598–1599 or 1602, [1] in which the widow Judith stayed with the Assyrian general Holofernes in his tent after a banquet then decapitated him after he passed out drunk. [2]
Judith remained popular in the Baroque period, but around 1600, images of Judith began to take on a more violent character, "and Judith became a threatening character to artist and viewer." [ 3 ] Italian painters including Caravaggio , Leonello Spada , and Bartolomeo Manfredi depicted Judith and Holofernes; and in the north, Rembrandt , Peter ...
Judith Beheading Holofernes is an early 17th century painting now in a private collection. It is thought to be an earlier version of Caravaggio 's work on the same subject or an earlier version of Louis Finson 's copy of that work .
Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio) Judith Beheading Holofernes (Finson or Caravaggio) Judith Beheading Holofernes (Finson, Naples) Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence) Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Naples) Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Titian) Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Veronese)
Judith Beheading Holofernes: Rome, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Palazzo Barberini: 145 × 195 cm Oil on canvas: c. 1599: ... Caravaggio. Harry N Abrams.
Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620 Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613. Holofernes (Ancient Greek: Ὀλοφέρνης; Hebrew: הולופרנס) was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith, who was beheaded by Judith who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.
Six teenagers go on trial behind closed doors on Monday, accused of involvement in the beheading of French history teacher Samuel Paty by a suspected Islamist in 2020 in an attack that struck at ...
Caravaggio: Judith Beheading Holofernes ; Artist: Caravaggio (1571–1610) Alternative names: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Birth name: Michelangelo Merisi