by artherstory | Sep 15, 2026 | News/Blog
Guest post by C.J. Denton, author of La Pittura There is a version of Artemisia Gentileschi that has become very familiar. She is young. She has survived a brutal assault and the arguably crueler ordeal of a public trial. She paints Judith leaning over Holofernes,...
by artherstory | Feb 20, 2025 | News/Blog
Guest post by Sivan Maoz, MA Graduate, The Warburg Institute, London The biblical story of Judith recounts how a young Jewish widow saved her people by using her wit and charm to behead the Assyrian general Holofernes. Central to this narrative is Judith’s...
