oil on panel
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rome
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Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1512 oil on panel Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rome |
The Jewish heroine Judith saved her people from the Assyrians by beheading the enemy general Holofernes with his own sword. Lotto's dramatic close-up view reduces this grisly biblical story to its essentials, focusing attention on Judith as a model of female valor.