The image of the Biblical heroine Judith beheading the tyrant Holofernes is an enduring one in Italian Renaissance art. The unique subject of female violence, so different from portrayals of the virtuous Virgin Mary or coy Eve, was portrayed by many artists across the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, spanning different artistic periods from Mannerism to …
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