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Here she places Holofernes‘ head into a sack held open by her maid. Her gaze is steely and resolute as she turns to look at the viewer, but her cheeks are flushed, her skin shiny with sweat and her fleshy lips glossy. Meanwhile, it’s impossible to avoid the streams of blood gushing from Holofernes’ mutilated neck.
The drama of the composition, the powerful gestures and the use of strong contrasts of light and shade are typical of the Baroque period and particularly reflect the work of the Italian painter Caravaggio, whose paintings Liss must have seen while he was in Rome in the 1620s.
Title
Judith in the Tent of Holofernes
Date
about 1622
Medium
Oil on canvas
Measurements
H 128.5 x W 99 cm
Accession number
NG4597
Acquisition method
Presented by James W. Dollar, 1931
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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