Solimena, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Title: Solimena, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Rights: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Digital Collection
Creator: Francesco Solimena (1657-1747)
Date: 1728-33
Description: Townsfolk gather around a woman situated at the top of a staircase. She has dark brown hair pulled back by a white headwrap and wears a blue gown, her skirt pulled up to her waist, revealing her underskirts. Her body is posed into a contrapposto, weight shifted to her left hip, as she presents the severed head of a brunette man to the people around her. Right above her is a trio of cherubs, one which appears to be offering her a halo. Two guards frame the left and right side of the crowd, respectively, a priest stood next to the guard on the left seen with his hands up and eyes upcast to the heavens.
Format: Painting. Oil on canvas. 105 x 130 cm
Publisher: Web Gallery of Art
Contributor: Abigail P.
Subject: Biblical story; biblical scene; Judith; Holofernes; decapitation; Judith returning; war; war general; weapons; city; cherubs; townspeople; Bethulia; Jerusalem.
Source: Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. Web Gallery of Art Digital Collection. https://www.wga.hu/art/s/solimena/1/judith_p.jpg, 3/23/20.