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Description: | The apocryphal heroine Judith saved her people by murdering the Assyrian general Holofernes. She is shown in this picture holding his head. This moment in Judith's story was popular with painters in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries for its dramatic potential. This image, with Judith dressed in a bright yellow mantle, is particularly striking. It is one of several versions of a well-known painting by Cristofano Allori which is now at Hampton Court. In its details this version is closest to a copy in the Pitti Palace, Florence. | Subjects: | figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Allori, Cristofano (Italian painter, 1577-1621) Æ After Previously attributed to Domenichino (Italian painter and draftsman, 1581-1641) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8526... | Go to resource |
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Judith
CRE CUNEGO, Domenico; (Italian; 1727-1794)…
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