Judith painting

Charles van Beveren 1809-1850 België

MARINARI, Onorio Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1680 Oil on canvas, 72 x 57 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

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…

Johann Christophorus Storer (1620 - 1671) Judith and Holofernes Oil on canvas h: 137 w: 129 cm Private collection The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the…

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