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] 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.
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In Caravaggio's oil on canvas painting, Judith Beheading Holofernes (1598-99), tenebrism, a stark play of light and shadow, illuminates the strength and courage of Judith's actions while simultaneously presenting an image of such gore that many of Caravaggio's contemporaries would have recoiled in horror and disgust. This painting 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. The story of Judith and Holofernes is recounted in the Book of Judith, a 2nd century text deemed apocryphal by the Jewish and Protestant traditions, but included in Catholic editions of the Bible. Like the story of David and Goliath, it was a popular subject of art in the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Baroque depictions Judith beheading Holofernes (c. 1610), by Cornelis Galle the Elder ( Warsaw University Library) Judith remained popular in the Baroque period, but around 1600, images of Judith began to take on a more violent character, "and Judith became a threatening character to artist and viewer." [3]
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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) (Milan 1571 - Porto Ercole 1610) Judith Beheading Holofernes. 1599 ca. Oil on canvas. 145 x 195 cm. Palazzo Barberini. Inv: 2533. 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. Caravaggio′s Judith and Holofernes Few paintings capture Caravaggio's genius for emotional drama better than Judith and Holofernes (c. 1599). Unlike typical renderings of this biblical subject, Caravaggio (1571-1610) depicted the climactic moment when Judith slashes the neck of her enemy, Holofernes. Caravaggio's Judith Beheading Holofernes (Fig. 1), executed in Rome in 1599 for the Genoese banker Ottavio Costa, is an auda-cious representation of this perennially pop-ular subject.1 Capturing the violently climactic moment of the narrative, Cara-vaggio's realism instantly mesmerizes the Left: Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes, 1598-99, oil on canvas, 145 x 195 cm (Palazzo Barberini,. The Uffizi Judith Slaying Holofernes is Artemisia's second telling of this narrative. The first, executed in Rome and now in the Capodimonte Museum in Naples, introduced the dynamic composition centered on the thrust and counter.
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The Toulouse Judith Beheading Holofernes is a fascinating painting that throws significant light on the context of Caravaggio's short but intense first Neapolitan stay, from September 1606 to June 1607, before his very unexpected departure for Malta. Mon 16 Oct 2023 CET 11:15 'Transcending Strokes': Caravaggio's Unmistakable Emotion in "Judith and Holofernes" By Carla Pietrobattista Caravaggio's Judith and Holofernes created between 1598 and 1599 on commission from Count Ottavio Costa. Graphic by the UN-aligned design team.
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Judith, described as a beautiful young widow, resolves to save her people by slaying Holofernes herself. After reciting a long prayer to God, she dons her finest clothes in order to seduce him. After Holofernes has drank enough wine to become intoxicated, Judith decapitates him with his own sword, winning a decisive victory for the Israelites. In 1599 Caravaggio painted the first"Judith Beheading Holofernes (Fig. 1), an impressive canvas that tells " the Biblical story of Judith, who saved her people by seducing and beheading the Assyrian general Holofer-nes, which was a common theme in the 16th century (Carvaggio.org, 2017).
