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Female Solidarity in Paintings of Judith and her Maidservant by Italian Women Artists

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...

Judith’s Challenge, from Lavinia Fontana to Artemisia Gentileschi

by wpengine | Feb 9, 2022 | News/Blog

By Alessandra Masu, author, journalist and art historian On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the rediscovery of Caravaggio’s Judith and Holofernes, Palazzo Barberini is dedicating the exhibition Caravaggio and Artemisia: The Challenge of Judith (until...
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