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Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi
  • Original Title: Judit y su doncella
  • Date: c.1624; Italy  
  • Style: Tenebrism
  • Genre: religious painting
  • Media: oil, canvas
  • Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, US
  • Dimensions: 183.9 x 141.48 cm
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Judith and Her Maidservant is one of four paintings by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi that depicts the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. This particular work, executed in about 1623 to 1625, now hangs in the Detroit Institute of Arts. The narrative is taken from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, in which Judith seduces and then murders the general Holofernes. This precise moment illustrates the maidservant Abra wrapping the severed head in a bag, moments after the murder, while Judith keeps watch. The other three paintings are now shown in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and the Musee de la Castre, Cannes.

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The painting was in possession of Prince Brancaccio in 1952, where it was co-owned by Alessandro Morandotti of Rome, Italy, and Adolph Loewi of New York. The whereabouts regarding ownership before this time are unknown. It was then purchased by Leslie H. Green in the same year of 1952 and gifted to the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan.

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