Judith with the Head of Holofernes, c. 1695, Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian (Bologna), Italian (Bologna), 1654 - 1719, 43 × 35 1/2 in. ( × cm) (canvas)54 5/8 × 46 5/8 × 2 1/2 in. ( × × cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, Italy, 17th-18th century, The Jewish heroine Judith saved her city of Bethulia when it was besieged by the Assyrians. Sneaking behind enemy lines, she feigned loyalty to the Assyrian general Holofernes, who became enamored of her. After a banquet, when he was weak with drink, she beheaded him. Giovan Gioseffo dal Sole depicts Judith

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