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Judith Beheading Holofernes is a painting of the biblical episode by Caravaggio, painted in c. 1598–1599 or 1602, [1] in which the widow Judith stayed with the Assyrian general Holofernes in his tent after a banquet then decapitated him after he passed out drunk. [2] The painting was rediscovered in 1950 and is part of the collection of the ...
Judith Beheading Holofernes tells the story Biblical story of Judith, who saved her people by seducing and beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes, which was a common theme in the 16th century. The same story has also been painted by artists such as Sandro Botticelli, Donatello, Artemesia Gentileshi, Giorgione, and Andrea Mantegna.
Sep 29, 2021 · In typical Caravaggio style, the painting depicts the moment of greatest impact, when Judith, whose emotions ring clear on her distraught face, physically beheads the Assyrian king. X-rays have revealed that Caravaggio changed the position of Holofernes’ head as he was painting, separating it farther from the body.
Apr 4, 2019 · Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes, ca. 1599. Image via Wikimedia Commons. During the Baroque era, Judith beheading Holofernes became an opportunity for painters to indulge in gore; in works from this period, Judith appears as more of a violent assassin than a virtuous woman or seductress.
Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Milan 1571 – Porto Ercole 1610) Judith Beheading Holofernes. Three figures with a red drape in the background: just a few elements, yet capable of orchestrating an utterly realistic theater of contrasts: darkness and light, age and youth, life and death, strength and frailty.
Oct 14, 2023 · The original can be viewed at the Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica at the Palazzo Barberini in Rome. Learn more about Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio. Framed and unframed Caravaggio prints, posters and stretched canvases available now.
Italian painters including Caravaggio, Leonello Spada, and Bartolomeo Manfredi depicted Judith and Holofernes; and in the north, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, and Eglon van der Neer [7] used the story.
