Giuditta e Oloferne

Caravaggio
1598–1599
Oil on canvas
145 cm × 195 cm (57 in × 77 in)
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica at Palazzo Barberini, Rome

Judith Beheading Holofernes is a work by Caravaggio, painted in 1598-99. The widow Judith first charms the Assyrian general Holofernes, then decapitates him in his tent.

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