Judith about to kill Holofernes

Image credit: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

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Once attributed to Veronese, this painting, 'The Flight of Achior from the Camp of Holofernes', 'Judith receiving the Ancients of Bethulia', 'Judith leaving Bethulia', 'Judith received by Holofernes' and 'Judith feasted by Holofernes' may have been made in his studio. The narrative, from the apocryphal Book of Judith, celebrates the Jewish heroine who saved her people from the tyranny of Holofernes; the subject was especially popular in Venice. Sumptuous narrative panels such as these were often inserted into luxury chests, or formed part of the decoration of a room, perhaps set in a frieze at the level of the cornice.

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Oxford

Title

Judith about to kill Holofernes

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 27 x W 57 cm

Accession number

WA1926.7

Acquisition method

gift from Florence Weldon (née Tebb), 1926

Work type

Painting

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