Judith and Holofernes
The tale of Judith saving her town by cutting off the head of Holofernes has inspired many artists … good and bad! Here are some of them. Some of these pictures are linked to larger versions |
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Historiale illumination |
Andrea
Mantegna 1495 |
Giovanni
Baglioni 1608 |
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| Caravaggio
1603 |
Fracncesco
Furini |
Tophime
Bigot 1640 |
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| Carpaccio
mid 14th Century |
Boticelli |
Michelangelo
1508 - 1512 detail |
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Artemesia
Gentileschi 1612 |
Artemesia
Gentileschi 1612 |
Rembrandt
van Rijn 1653 |
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Goya 1824
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Van
Stuck 1926 |
Tucumån
- Argentina 1951 |
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| Ysbrant
van Wyngaarden 1977 |
Pinturas
Negra |
Bindl
Andreas 1989 |
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Keith
Thompson |
WLubchenko
2001 |
Holger
Maass - digital - 2005 |
| The last digital painting is no more astounding to our eyes as was the painting of Giovanni Baglioni in 1608 and perhaps less astounding than the painting by von Stuck to the viewers of the Germany of the depression. | ||
