Judith with the head of Holofernes by Jan van Bijlert 1597-1671 Dutch Netherlands


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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Photo credit: © Peter Horree / Alamy / Afripics
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