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Judith  1540

by Jan Sanders van Hemessen

Judith was considered one of the most heroic women of the Old Testament. According to the biblical story, when her city was besieged by the Assyrian army, the beautiful young widow gained access to the quarters of the general Holofernes. After winning his confidence and getting him drunk, she took his sword and cut off his head, thereby saving the Jewish people. Although J...
Size: 
39 × 30 3/8 in. (99.1 × 77.2 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago