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This Week’s Art: Gentileschi’s “Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi, "Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes"

This Week’s Art: Gentileschi’s “Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

When it comes to painting any religious doctrine, particularly the Old Testament, there are literally thousands of paintings. It’s a popular, yet somewhat touchy, subject. There is a reserved reverence for many biblical paintings, and you often lose the sense that the stories within are based on mythology and the intimation of a higher purpose. […]
Mar. 18, 2018