Judith Beheading Holofernes
The story
The young Judith calmly saws through the neck of the giant Holofernes as her old maidservant holds a cloth. Painted around 1599 — Caravaggio's most violent biblical scene, all painted within a single dark space.
- Artist
- Caravaggio
- Year
- 1598
- Period
- Renaissance
- Where it lives
- Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Free to view, download & share
