Judith bible

Story Bible Judith with sword

Judith was a beautiful Jewish widow, who entered the tent of the Assyrian general Holofernes, decapitated him with his own sword, and brought his head back to her people. According to his biographer Baldinucci, Allori painted this work in part as an autobiographical account of his love affair with Maria de Giovanni Mazzafirri, which ended badly. The figure of Judith, Baldinucci claimed, resembles ‘La Mazzafirra’, the servant in the background her mother, and the severed head of Holofernes is…

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Judith 8:8

View Judith und Holofernes. By Stifter Moritz; Oil on canvas; 05,5 x 69 cm; Signed; Edition. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt.

The story of Judith and Holofernes is a story found in the Bible in which Judith, a Jewish woman, cut off Holofernes' head while...

Centuries before Judah Maccabi led his uprising, biblical prophetess Judith headed off (literally) Israel's enemies, which is why some eat dairy during the weeklong holiday

MARINARI, Onorio Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1680 Oil on canvas, 72 x 57 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest

Charles van Beveren 1809-1850 België

Judith, A woman of the bible found in the Old Testament, Esau was forty years old when he took Judith for his wife. Judith is the daughter of Beeri the Hittite. Speak His Word Only