Artemisia Gentileschi - Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes 1623-1625
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Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes 1623-1625
184x141cm oil/canvas
Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, United States
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From Detroit Institute of the Arts:
This impressive composition ranks among the masterpieces executed by Artemisia Gentileschi, daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi and a strong woman who, against all odds, established herself as a respected painter. The subject is executed with a directness that sets it apart from many other contemporary renditions. The theatrical lighting of the scene echoes in many respects the works of the northern followers of Caravaggio, who had specialized in such effects, while the intense realism of the scene is close to Caravaggio himself.