Judith beheading holofernes

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Judith was a beautiful Jewish widow, who entered the tent of the Assyrian general Holofernes, decapitated him with his own sword, and brought his head back to her people. According to his biographer Baldinucci, Allori painted this work in part as an autobiographical account of his love affair with Maria de Giovanni Mazzafirri, which ended badly. The figure of Judith, Baldinucci claimed, resembles ‘La Mazzafirra’, the servant in the background her mother, and the severed head of Holofernes is…

Judith beheading Holofernes

You know straight away that a woman who carries a sword in one hand and a severed head in the other has a story to tell. The story of Judit...

Judith Beheading Holofernes-Caravaggio (c.1598-9) - Book of Judith - Wikipedia

Judith with the head of Holofernes

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