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Painting by Simon Vouet

Judith with the Head of Holophernes
Judith mit dem Haupt des Holofernes

Artist	Simon Vouet
Year	1620-1625
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	97 cm (38 in) × 73.5 cm (28.9 in)
Location	Alte Pinakothek
Collection	Bavarian State Painting Collections
Accession No.	2279
Identifiers	Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur ID (deprecated): 00060283
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Judith is an oil-on-canvas painting by Simon Vouet, executed c. 1620–1625. It depicts Judith, the leading character of the Book of Judith, holding the severed head of king Holofernes. She is shown finely dressed, holding her sword with her right hand, and showing the head of Holofernes at her left.

The painting is held at the Alte Pinakothek in Munich.

References

Judith, Alte Pinakothek

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Related	Aubin Vouet (brother and painter) Virginia Vezzi (wife and model) Baroque painting Caravaggisti

Simon Vouet

Paintings

Mary Magdalene (1614–1615)
Woman Playing a Guitar (c. 1618)
Judith (Vienna) (c. 1620–1623)
Judith (Munich) (c. 1620–1625)
Saint Agatha's Vision of Saint Peter in Prison (c. 1625)
Self-Portrait (c. 1626–1627)
Time Defeated by Love, Beauty and Hope (1627)
Lot and His Daughters (1633)
Æneas and His Father Fleeing Troy (c. 1635)
Ceres Trampling the Attributes of War (1635)
Crucifixion (1636–1637)
Diana (1637)
Allegory of Wealth (c. 1640)
Presentation of Christ in the Temple (c. 1640–1641)
Hesselin Madonna (c. 1640–1645)

Aubin Vouet (brother and painter)
Virginia Vezzi (wife and model)
Baroque painting
Caravaggisti

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