Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1650s, Oil on copper, 14 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (36.8 x 26.4 cm), Paintings, David Teniers the Younger (Flemish, Antwerp 1610–1690 Brussels), According to the apocryphal book of the Bible that bears her name, the Jewish heroine Judith saved the city of Bethulia by first beguiling and then beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes. A popular subject of Baroque painting, Judith appears here accompanied by her maid and displaying Holfernes’s severed head as a trophy
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Judith, Head, Holofernes, 1650s, Oil, copper, 14 1/2 x 10 3/8, 36.8 26.4 cm, Paintings, David Teniers the Younger, Flemish, Antwerp, 1610–1690, Brussels, According, apocryphal book, Bible, bears, name, Jewish heroine Judith, saved, city, Bethulia, first beguiling, beheading, Assyrian general, popular subject, Baroque painting, accompanied, maid, displaying Holfernes, severed, head, trophy
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