Seghers, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Title: Seghers, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Rights: Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome, Public Domain.
Creator: Gerard Seghers (1591-1651)
Date: 1610s
Description: Two women flee through the night, illuminated by candlelight. The woman on the left is who holds their lightsource, she is an elderly woman wearing a dark gown and white headwrap, and is gesturing to the right (supposedly toward their destination). The woman at her side maintains eye contact with her as she does so, she is a younger woman with curly auburn hair pulled away from her face in a simple updo. The white underdress of her mustard gown slips off her right shoulder, the hand of which she holds the severed head of an older, bearded man.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 100 x 137 cm
Publisher: Web Gallery of Art
Contributor: Abigail P.
Subject: Biblical story; biblical scene; Judith; maidservant; Holofernes; war general; decapitation; candlight; chiaroscuro.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. Web Gallery of Art Digital Collection. https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/s/seghers/gerard/judith.html, 3/21/20.