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Question: Painting of a woman holding a man's head!?
I don't know the title of this painting!.!. I only know the description:
a woman is outside a tent holding a man's decapitated head!.!. I think she has a knife in one hand and the head in the other!. I think it was created during the Renaissance age!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
It sounds like the biblical depiction of Judith
and Holofernes!. There are many paintings
with this theme by Botticelli, Cranach the
Elder, Artemesia Gentileschi, Carlo Saraceni,
Caravaggio and more, but this one has a tent!.!.!.
look:
Andrea Mantegna, Judith and Holofernes
http://images!.google!.com/imgres!?imgurl=h!.!.!.
More:
http://images!.google!.com/images!?um=1&hl=!.!.!.
Or possibly, Salome with the Head of John the Baptist:
Paintings:
http://images!.google!.com/images!?ndsp=20&!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
http://www!.speedylook!.com/Holopherne!.htm!.!.!.
is a list of painters who used the theme of Judith and Holoferne!. The story is there and why it inspired artists to paint the death of holofernes!.
http://images!.google!.com/images!?gbv=2&hl!.!.!.
Judith leaving the tent of Holopheren is by BotticelliWww@QuestionHome@Com
Lucas Cranach the Elder!. Judith with the Head of Holofernes !?
http://www!.abcgallery!.com/C/cranach/cran!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com