Judith and holofernes

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

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

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…

Baroque: Masterpieces from the Fisch Davidson CollectionGiulio Cesare ProcacciniBologna 1574 - 1625 MilanJudith and Holofernes

Elisabetta Sirani, Sofonisba Anguissola, and Rosalba Carriera through the ages.

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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