Teniers, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Title: Teniers, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
Creator: David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690)
Date: 1650s
Description: Two women, one wearing a luxurious, royal blue gown and the other wearing a simple brown dress and white headwrap exit the tent of the Assyrian general Holofernes, his severed head in tow. The woman in blue, Judith, has auburn hair in ringlets framing her face which looks directly at the viewer. She is holding the head by the hair in her left hand, putting it into a burlap sack offered to her by her maidservant. In her right hand she is clutching tightly onto a sword, Holofernes’ eyes open and fearfully looking directly at the weapon. In the background, his body is shown, headless in bed. There is a storm brewing behind the blue war tent, stormy grey skies with a castle far off in the distance.
Format: Painting. Oil on copper. 14 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 72.2
Contributor: Abigail P.
Subject: Biblical scene; biblical story; Judith; maidservant; Holofernes; war; war tent; war general; sword; weapon.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection, Gift of Gouverneur Kemble, 1872. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437778, 3/20/20.