Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1613
Why it's great
Judith and her maid strike down a sleeping general with a sword in a bloody, dramatic scene. Artemisia Gentileschi painted it in about 1613, and it is one of her most powerful pictures, with Judith painted as a strong, determined woman.
Where to see it
📍 Museo di CapodimonteNaples, Italy
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Artemisia Gentileschi was an Italian painter born in Rome in 1593, the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi. She was one of the first women to become a successful professional painter in Europe, and her powerful pictures often show strong women from the Bible and myths. She died in Naples in about 1653.
