1.JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES (1598)
This is a painting by Caravaggio.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/3060523061_41fac4a697_o.jpg
2.JUDITH BEHEADING HOLOFERNES
This is a painting by Artemisia Gentileschi.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/3060523057_169a989e03_o.jpg
Some information from wikipedia:
“A whole book in some versions of the Bible is devoted to Judith, because as a woman she embodies the power of the people of Israel to defeat the enemy, though superior in numbers, by means of cunning and courage. She seeks out Holofernes in his tent, makes him drunk, then beheads him. The sight of their commander's bloodstained head on the battlements of Bethulia puts the enemy to flight.”
I wish I could do better things than posting these images.
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