Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Artemisia Gentileschi

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 exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

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• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes in the public domain?

Yes. Artemisia Gentileschi (1593–1656) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Nasjonalmuseet.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes painted, and in what medium?

Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes dates from c. 1640 and was made in oil on canvas; the original measures 73.2 × 92.5 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Artemisia Gentileschi's Judith and her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes — Judith and her maidservant pausing with the head of Holofernes, the maid's hand raised to listen — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Italian Baroque, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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