Judith and her Maidservant (Gentileschi, Naples)

Judith and Her Maidservant is a painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. Executed sometime between 1645 and 1650, it hangs in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples. The story comes from the deuterocanonical Book of Judith, in which Judith seduces and then assassinates the general Holofernes, who had besieged Judith's town. The exact moment depicted takes place after the murder when her maidservant places the severed head in a bag, while Judith checks around her. It is the third of three paintings that Gentileschi painted of the same moment, using a similar design. One was painted much earlier (and hangs in the Detroit Institute of Arts), while the other was painted in the early 1640s and now hangs in the Musee de la Castre, Cannes.[1]

Judith and Maidservant with Head of Holofernes
Judith and her Maidservant

Year	c. 1645-50
Dimensions	272 cm (107 in) × 221 cm (87 in)

References

Locker, Jesse M. (2015). Artemisia Gentileschi: The Language of Painting. New Haven, Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300185119.

Artemisia Gentileschi

Paintings

1610s	Susanna and the Elders (Pommersfelden) Madonna and Child (Galleria Spada) Madonna and Child (Galleria degli Uffizi) Self-Portrait as Pittura (location unknown) Judith Beheading Holofernes (Naples) Danae Portrait of a Nun Allegory of Inclination Judith and her Maidservant (Pitti Palace) Self-Portrait as a Lute Player Self-Portrait as a Female Martyr Self-Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria Mary Magdalene Mary Magdalene in Ecstasy Saint Catherine of Alexandria
1620s	Cleopatra (Milan) Cleopatra (Ferrara) Jael and Sisera Saint Cecilia Medea, unknown location Allegory of Painting Judith Slaying Holofernes (Florence) Aurora (Alessandra Masu collection, Rome) Mary Magdalene as Melancholy (Mexico City) Joseph and Potiphar's Wife Susanna and the Elders (Stamford) Portrait of a Gonfaloniere Portrait of a Lady Holding a Fan Lucretia (Milan) Christ Blessing the Children Penitent Magdalene Judith and Her Maidservant (Detroit) Venus and Cupid Esther before Ahasuerus
1630s	Annunciation (Naples) Penitent Magdalene Corisca and the Satyr Self-Portrait (Rome) Clio, Muse of History (Pisa) The Birth of Saint John the Baptist Lot and His Daughters Bathsheba (Columbus Museum of Art) Cleopatra (private collection, Rome) Samson and Delilah (Naples) Saint Januarius in the Amphitheatre at Pozzuoli Adoration of the Magi Saints Proculus and Nicea Christ and the Samaritan Woman (private collection) Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting David and Goliath
1640s	Susanna and the Elders (Brno) Judith and her Maidservant (Naples) Judith and her Maidservant (Cannes) Saint Apollonia
1650s	Susanna and the Elders (Bologna) Virgin and Child with a Rosary

Bibliography
Artemisia (1997 film)
Orazio Gentileschi (father)

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