Cesari, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Title: Cesari, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Rights: Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Public Domain.
Creator: Giuseppe Cesari (1568-1640)
Date: 1605-10
Description: A woman with bright, pale skin is at the foreground, nearly coming off of the canvas. She stands out starkly in the scene with her pale skin, and has a curly auburn updo accented with silk ribbons and pearls, the white sleeve of her blue gown falling off of her shoulder along with her red cloak. She looks away from the head of an older bearded man she holds in her left hand, a sword held in her right. In the shadows is her maidservant, a modest woman with a white headwrap, face obscured by the woman in the foreground's shadow; she looks up to the heavens, mouth slightly agape in an expression of shock.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 61 x 48 cm
Publisher: Web Gallery of Art
Contributor: Abigail P.
Subject: Biblical story; biblical scene; Judith; maidservant; Holofernes; war general; decapitation; sword; weapon; Baroque.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. Web Gallery of Art Digital Collection. https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/c/cesari/judith.html, 3/21/20.