Judith Slaying (Beheading) Holofernes – Artemisia Gentileschi
Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1652) was a woman painter of the Baroque era who was influenced by Caravaggio. She favored dramatic subjects and the use of light and shadows in her works, like Caravaggio did. Judith Slaying (Beheading) Holofernes is one of her best-known paintings. It celebrates strong Biblical women such as Judith. Artemisia Gentileschi actually painted two nearly identical Judith Slaying Holofernes paintings, one which now hangs in a museum in
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