Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1625-1628 by Valentin de Boulogne, France, French, ( Caravaggists, Style of Caravaggio)

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Judith meets and bowls over the enemy general Holofernes. He plans to seduce her, but she turns the tables on waits until he is drunk and sleeping, then she kills him by hacking off his head as he lies in a drunken stupor.

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Size: 3328px × 4736px
Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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