Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes
c. 1640 · Oil on canvas · Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
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About this work
- Artist
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656)
- Year
- c. 1640
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Original size
- 73.2 × 92.5 cm
- Collection
- Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo
- Movement
- Baroque
The deed is done. Judith, with the sword at her side, pauses and looks over her shoulder toward some sound beyond the tent, while her maidservant packs the severed head of Holofernes into a bag; the two women are caught in the moment of listening before their escape back to Bethulia. Artemisia Gentileschi returned to Judith throughout her career, from the early beheading in Naples and the great Uffizi canvas to several of these quieter aftermath scenes, of which a celebrated example is in Detroit. This smaller version dates from about 1640, when she was working in Naples, and it treats the story as suspense rather than slaughter. It has been in Oslo since 2022, when it entered the collection of the Nasjonalmuseet, Norway's national museum, which notes that she was one of very few women in the seventeenth century who lived by their art.
This full-bleed edition prints the work edge to edge from a high-resolution scan of the original, very slightly cropped (a few percent at most) to fit the sheet. The gallery edition shows the whole work, uncropped. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Two women listening in the moment before their escape, suspense rather than slaughter, for a study, hallway or dining room at 24×18 or 32×24 in black. A dark or warm grey wall; it pairs with the Uffizi Judith for before and after.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Baroque painting
- Era
- 17th century (c. 1640)
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Mood
- grand
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, study or library, living room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×18. Prints at 16×12, 24×18, 32×24 in — 16×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×18 above a console or sideboard; 32×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. Printed edge to edge: a slim black or natural wood frame right to the image, or let the canvas wrap do the framing. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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