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Dec 9, 2020

Gentileschi 's painting

 Female artist Artemisia Gentileschi 's painting 


'Judith slaying Holofernes '

has been considered to be related 

to the "Power of Woman" 


The another woman in the painting is 

Judith' s servant maid. 


Judith - Icon of female rage 


Assyrian king Nebuchadnezzar sent 

his general Holofernes 

to besiege the Jewish city of Bethulia. 

Judith, described as a beautiful young widow, resolves to save her people 

by slaying Holofernes herself.


Judith—Artemisia Gentileschi's alter ego?

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