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  2. Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Naples)

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    Judith beheading Holofernes has been depicted by a number of artists including Giorgione, Titian, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens and Caravaggio. Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes is believed to be the main inspiration of Gentileschi's work, [12] and his influence shows in the naturalism and violence she brings to her canvas. [citation needed]

  3. Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)

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    Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Slaying Holofernes, c 1612, Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy. This history is relevant as Gentileschi's early life has come to inform the perspectives of many contemporary feminist art historians, including Mary Garrard, [6] and particularly in the case of Judith Slaying Holofernes.

  4. Judith and her Maidservant (Gentileschi, Florence) - Wikipedia

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    Judith and her Maidservant is a c. 1615 painting [1] by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting depicts Judith and her maidservant leaving the scene where they have just beheaded general Holofernes, whose head is in the basket carried by the maidservant. It hangs in the Pitti Palace, Florence. [2]

  5. Artemisia Gentileschi - Wikipedia

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    Her first Judith Beheading Holofernes (1612–13), smaller in size, is displayed in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. In fact, she was fascinated with this subject and six variations of Judith Beheading Holofernes by Artemisia are known to exist. [26] Self-Portrait as a Lute Player, 1615–1617 Self portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria, 1619

  6. Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit) - Wikipedia

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    Judith Slaying Holofernes by Adam Elsheimer, c.1601–1603 The Temptation of St. Francis by Simon Vouet, 1624 Much like her father, Gentileschi's style in the formative years of her career followed that of Caravaggio, mirroring his methods of dark shadows and overall execution. [ 3 ]

  7. Judith beheading Holofernes - Wikipedia

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    Judith and Holofernes, the famous bronze sculpture by Donatello, bears the implied allegorical subtext that was inescapable in Early Renaissance Florence, that of the courage of the commune against tyranny. [4] In the late Renaissance, Judith changed considerably, a change described as a "fall from grace"—from an image of Mary she turns into ...

  8. Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

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    Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes is a painting by the Italian artist Artemisia Gentileschi, created in 1639-1640.It was one of many paintings by Gentileschi that treats the theme of Judith, who beheads the Assyrian general Holofernes, who was planning to destroy Judith's home city of Bethulia.

  9. Judith and her Maidservant (Gentileschi, Naples) - Wikipedia

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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.