Constant, Judith

Title: Constant, Judith
Rights: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
Creator: Benjamin-Constant (Jean-Joseph-Benjamin Constant, 1845-1902)
Date: possibly ca. 1886
Description: A woman with red hair stands in front of a background of red drapery. She is wearing a pink dress with gold embellishments, left hand perched inginantly on her hip. She holds a sword still in its sheath horizontally in front of her lower abdomen, and holds a direct gaze with the viewer.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 47 1/2 x 31 1/2 in.
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 59.185
Contributor: Abigail P.
Subject: Biblical story; biblical heroine; Judith; Holofernes; portrait of a woman; sword.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection, Gift of J. E. Gombos, 1959. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/435649, 3/21/20.