Head of holofernes

The most famous painting by Florentine artist Cristofano Allori, carried out between 1610 and 1612, became an instant success and was widely copied, due in part to the popularity of the legend of the biblical heroine Judith which the artist interpreted autobiographically; the decapitated head of Holofernes is a self-portrait while his lover Mazzafirra is portrayed in the beautiful face of the young woman

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Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Charles van Beveren, 1846

Best paintings presenting biblical hero Judith and Holofernes - by Caravaggio, Klimt, Gentileschi, and many others classic artists.|Best paintings presenting biblical hero Judith and Holofernes - by Caravaggio, Klimt, Gentileschi, and many others classic artists.

(Rome 1593-1653 Naples) Judith and her maidservant with the head of Holofernes, oil on canvas, 115 x 116.4 cm

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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