Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Beheading Holofernes is not a painting easily ... trend towards blood-and-guts drama in Baroque art. Caravaggio—something of a friend of her father’s ...

A symbol of a woman's power and the defiance of political tyranny, the image of Judith has been sculpted by Donatello, painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel and, in the case of Caravaggio ...

A painting experts claim is a long-lost second version of Caravaggio’s Judith Beheading Holofernes (circa 1607), discovered in a French attic in 2014, will not be hitting the auction block ...

In contrast to most previous versions, Caravaggio portrays Judith in the act of beheading Holofernes, with the blade slicing though his neck and blood spurting from the wound—not before or after ...

"Judith Beheading Holofernes," of which she painted two versions, is one such example. The first version, completed by 1612 (and shown on the left), is considered to be inspired by Caravaggio's ...

The large canvas depicts the Old Testament scene of Judith beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes, and several experts claim it is the second version, long presumed lost, of Caravaggio’s ...

The painting is Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes and is estimated to have been created in 1607. It depicts the beheading of Assyrian General Holofernes by the beautiful widow Judith ...

Paris auction house Drouot invited visitors to see "Judith Beheading Holofernes" five years after ... as soon as we would pronounce the name of Caravaggio, there would be controversy," Turquin ...