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Painting of a braided-haired woman in a pink silk wrap beside a severed head and sword on a ledge, with a maidservant at left.

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

A braided-haired woman in a pink silk wrap rests one hand on a stone ledge beside a severed head and a sword, while a maidservant leans in at left. Set against a green drape and dark ground, the oil painting uses warm glazes and soft modeling for the figures' faces and clothing.

Artist
circle of Pordenone
Date
1500-1539
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
3311 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1539.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Stories of the Old Testament16th centuryrenaissancebiblical paintingoil on canvassworditalian paintingdramaticsevered headjudithholofernes

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