Galizia, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Item
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Title
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Galizia, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
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Rights
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Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Public Domain.
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Creator
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Fede Galizia (1578-1630)
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Date
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1596
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Description
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Two women stood before a red curtain ruminate in the crime they have just committed—beheading the Assyrian war general Holofernes. On the left is Judith, a woman with a head of tightly wound auburn ringlets; she is wearing an extravagant blue gown with white and gold accents, a string of pearls around her neck, gold bracelet on her right wrist, and velvet headpiece with accents of gems and pearls. She looks off to her right, avoiding the gaze of Holofernes’ severed head. The head is of a bearded man with thick black hair, mouth slightly agape, eyes open and lifeless as he looks directly at his killer. The woman holds the head in her left hand by the hair, resting it on a gold plate offered to her by her maidservant who looks at her contemplatively with a finger brought to her mouth. In her right hand she brandishes the sword which helped her enact the beheading.
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Format
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Painting. Oil on canvas. 120 x 94 cm
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Publisher
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Web Gallery of Art
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Contributor
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Abigail P.
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Subject
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Biblical scene; biblical story; Judith; Holofernes; maidservant; war general; decapitation; sword; weapon; Baroque.
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Source
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Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. Web Gallery of Art Digital Collection. https://www.wga.hu/index1.html, 3/21/20.
