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Judith and Holofernes
Madonna with child
San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Madonna of the straw
Salome with the head of the Baptist
The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Venus reaches dying Adonis
Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
The torture of Prometheus
Denial of Peter
Madonna of the milk
Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
The hare
Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
The tribute of the currency
Adoration of the shepherds

Judith and Holofernes

Giambattista Piazzetta

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Corsini Gallery

Corsini Gallery

Via della Lungara, 10 , Rome

Open now from 10:00 to 18:00

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Judith is the only female character to whom a book of the Old Testament is dedicated. The heroine, with a cunning stratagem, succeeds in saving her people from the siege of the Assyrian army, commanded by Holofernes. Pretending to want to betray the Jewish people, she is welcomed into the enemy camp. After a sumptuous banquet, he sneaks up to the general's bed, now overcome by the abuse of wine, and kills him with his own scimitar. While many artists had focused on the worst moment of the episode, the beheading of Holofernes, here Piazzetta depicts the moment immediately preceding it. Judith with one hand unties the lace that holds the scimitar tied and with the other pulls aside the curtain surrounding the bed. The scene thus takes on a strong theatrical flavor: the curtain-curtain opens, sheds the light on Judith, represented here as a sophisticated woman of rank, and reveals to the viewer's eyes a moment of suspense, marked by strong contrasts of light, in which the body of Holofernes already seems unmade and lifeless.
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Title: Judith and Holofernes

Author: Giambattista Piazzetta

Date: 1715-1720

Technique: Oil painting on canvas

Displayed in: Corsini Gallery

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