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[3] [8] 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 of the killing. [9] A different composition in the Pitti Palace in Florence shows a more traditional scene with the head in a ...
The painting shows the headless body of Holofernes slumping over. Judith sweeps Holofernes's head into a basket showing a look of swiftness about her. The viewer can see the maidservant's head in the background while the rest of her body is unseen. She seems eager to see what directions Judith will give her next. [7] The decapitated body of ...
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]
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Judith and Her Maidservant is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Executed sometime between 1645 and 1650, it hangs in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples. The story comes from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith , in which Judith seduces and then assassinates the general Holofernes, who had besieged Judith's town.
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.
His famous depiction of Judith Beheading Holofernes from the late 16th century focused more on the conflict than previously seen. [4] Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1598-99. The Uffizi Judith was commissioned by Grand Duke Cosimo II de' Medici who was responsible for art patronage at the Medici court. [6]
Judith was the biblical heroine who seduced and then decapitated General Holofernes in order to save her home city of Bethulia from destruction by the Assyrian army. When Klimt addressed the biblical theme of Judith, the historical course of art had already codified its main interpretation and preferred representation.