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Description: | This painting depicts a story taken from the Apocryphal Book of Judith. Judith, an attractive Jewish widow, whose city was being besieged by the Assyrians, took matters into her own hands. Travelling with her maid to the encampment of the General, Holofernes, as she had hoped, Judith was asked to spend the night. Taking advantage of his drunkenness, Judith cut off his head, before escaping back to her own city where she displayed the severed head on the city walls. On seeing the head of their leader, the Assyrians fled, freeing the town. | Subjects: | religion (Judith; Holofernes); figure; interior | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Reni, Guido (Italian painter and draftsman, 1575-1642) Æ Attributed to manner of Previously attributed to imitator of Dolci, Carlo (Italian painter, 1616-1687) Previously attributed to manner of Sirani, Giovanni Andrea (Italian painter and printmaker, 1610-1670) Previously attributed to after Allori, Cristofano (Italian painter, 1577-1621) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8409... | Go to resource |
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