Back Giuditta do zanisikya (trutca ke Gentileschi) AVK Judit y su doncella (Gentileschi, Detroit) Spanish Judith et sa servante avec la tête d'Holopherne French Giuditta con la sua ancella (Artemisia Gentileschi Detroit) Italian ജൂഡിത്ത് ആന്റ് ഹെർ മെയ്ഡ്സെർവെന്റ് (ഡിട്രോയിറ്റ്) Malayalam Judita in njena služkinja (Detroit) Slovenian
| Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes | |
|---|---|
&sq=Sri Lanka&lang=en&file=File:Artemisia_Gentileschi_-_Judith_and_Her_Maidservant_with_the_Head_of_Holofernes_-_52.253_-_Detroit_Institute_of_Arts.jpg) | |
| Artist | Artemisia Gentileschi  |
| Year | c. 1623–1625 |
| Medium | oil paint, canvas |
| Dimensions | 187.2 cm (73.7 in) × 142 cm (56 in) |
| Accession No. | 52.253 |
| Identifiers | Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID (deprecated): 20284033 |
Judith and Her Maidservant is one of four paintings by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi that depicts the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes.[1] This particular work, executed in about 1623 to 1625, now hangs in the Detroit Institute of Arts.[2] The narrative is taken from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, in which Judith seduces and then murders the general Holofernes. This precise moment illustrates the maidservant Abra wrapping the severed head in a bag, moments after the murder, while Judith keeps watch. The other three paintings are now shown in the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples, the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, and the Musée de la Castre in Cannes.[3]
The 2001 exhibition catalogue on Artemisia Gentileschi and her father Orazio remarked that "the painting is generally recognized as Artemisia's finest work".[1] Others have concurred, and the art historian Letizia Treves concluded that, with this painting, "Artemisia rightly takes her place among the leading artists of the Italian Baroque."[4]
- ^ a b Christiansen, Keith; Mann, Judith Walker (2001-01-01). Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi. New York; New Haven: Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Yale University Press. pp. 368–370. ISBN 1588390063.
- ^ "Artemisia Gentileschi: Judith and Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (52.253) — The Detroit Institute of Arts". www.dia.org. Retrieved 2017-03-12.
- ^ Locker, Jesse M. (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300185119.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Treves, Letizia. (2020). Artemisia. [S.l.]: National Gallery (London). p. 181. ISBN 978-1-85709-656-9. OCLC 1117638110.