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The most famous painting by Florentine artist Cristofano Allori, carried out between 1610 and 1612, became an instant success and was widely copied, due in part to the popularity of the legend of the biblical heroine Judith which the artist interpreted autobiographically; the decapitated head of Holofernes is a self-portrait while his lover Mazzafirra is portrayed in the beautiful face of the young woman

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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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"Judith with the Head of Holofernes" Elisabetta Sirani [Italian, 1638-65] Copy after Giovanni Andrea Sirani [talian, 1610-70] Oil on canvas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, USA. Elisabetta Sirani, Head Of Holofernes, Judith And Holofernes, Women Artist, Artemisia Gentileschi, Maria Magdalena, 17th Century Art, Mary Cassatt, Peter Paul Rubens

According to the Book of Judith, the Jewish widow Judith saved the Israelites from the Assyrians by decapitating their general Holofernes, whose army had besieged her city. She did this after having made him drunk at a banquet. Judith is commonly depicted as being assisted by an older maidservant in placing the head in a sack. The contrast between Holofernes's crude features and the heroine's beauty underlines the moral message of the eventual triumph of virtue over evil. The Bolognese…

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Spencer Alley: Simon Vouet (1590-1649) - Career in Rome Head Of Holofernes, Judith And Holofernes, Religious Painting, Framed Oil Painting, Old Paintings, Caravaggio, Religious Art, The Head, Classic Art

Simon Vouet Self-portrait ca. 1626-27 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon Simon Vouet Portrait of Prince Marcantonio Doria 1621 oil on canvas Musée du Louvre Simon Vouet Fortune Teller 1617 oil on canvas Palazzo Barberini, Rome Simon Vouet Fortune Teller ca. 1620 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada "Simon Vouet was born in 1590 in Paris, the son of the minor painter Laurent Vouet. Evidently precocious, at age fourteen he was sent to England to execute a portrait of a "Lady of…

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