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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