28 April 2009
27 April 2009
Contemporary Masters
My painting, which I named Judith Beheading Holofernes portrays the Jewish heroine who seeks out the Babylonian general Holofernes in his tent, makes him drunk, then beheads him. The sight of their commander's bloodstained head on the battlements of Bethulia puts the enemy to flight.
This is the first time I chose such a highly dramatic subject. The original bare breasts of Judith were later covered by a semi-transparent blouse.
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