Judith Slaying Holofernes

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Judith Slaying Holofernes

painting by Artemisia Gentileschi

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Artemisia Gentileschi
Depictions of Judith
Two other variations, Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1612–13) and Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1620), however, depict the actual decapitation, a scene Orazio Gentileschi never attempted. The two paintings are similar in composition and have often been compared to Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1599), in which
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Two other variations, Judith Slaying Holofernes (c. 1612–13) and Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1620), however, depict the actual decapitation, a scene Orazio Gentileschi never attempted. The two paintings are similar in composition and have often been compared to Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (c. 1599), in which
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