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Elisabetta Sirani: Judith with the Head of Holofernes  wikidata:Q18749466 reasonator:Q18749466
Artist
Elisabetta Sirani  (1638–1665)  wikidata:Q271475 q:it:Elisabetta Sirani
 
Elisabetta Sirani
Alternative names
Elizabeth Sirani
Description Italian painter and printmaker
Date of birth/death 8 January 1638 Edit this at Wikidata 28 August 1665
Location of birth/death Bologna Edit this at Wikidata Bologna Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Bologna Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q271475
After Giovanni Andrea Sirani  (1610–1670)  wikidata:Q709383
 
After Giovanni Andrea Sirani
Description Italian painter, drawer and visual artist
Date of birth/death 4 September 1610 Edit this at Wikidata 21 May 1670 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bologna Edit this at Wikidata Bologna Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Bologna (1625–1670) Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1877,Q709383
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre religious art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: According to the Book of Judith, the Jewish widow Judith saved the Israelites from the Assyrians by decapitating their general Holofernes, whose army had besieged her city. She did this after having made him drunk at a banquet. Judith is commonly depicted as being assisted by an older maidservant in placing the head in a sack. The contrast between Holofernes's crude features and the heroine's beauty underlines the moral message of the eventual triumph of virtue over evil. The Bolognese painter Elisabetta Sirani based her style on that of Guido Reni (1575-1642), who was admired for his idealized depictions of women, as in his Penitent Magdalene (Walters 37.2631).
Depicted people
Date between 1638 and 1665
date QS:P571,+1650-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1638-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1665-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
(Baroque
era QS:P2348,Q37853
)
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions Painted surface height: 129.5 cm (50.9 in); width: 91.7 cm (36.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,129.5U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,91.7U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.253
Place of creation Bologna, Italy
Object history
Exhibition history World of Wonder. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1971-1972. Old Mistresses: Women Artists of the Past. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1972.
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902
References Federico Zeri (1976) (in English) Italian paintings in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore: Walters Art Gallery, no. 359 , pp. 478−479 OCLC: 2463997.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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Circle of Elisabetta Sirani (Italian, 1638-1665) - Circle of Giovanni Andrea Sirani (Italian, 1610-1670)

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