File:Trophime Bigot - Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes - Walters 37653.jpg
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[edit]Trophime Bigot: Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q983634 |
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Title |
Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes |
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Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | religious art | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English: According to the Book of Judith in the Catholic Old Testament, the virtuous widow Judith saved her people when the military commanders failed to lift a siege by the Assyrians. She beguiled the enemy General Holofernes into getting drunk and cut off his head. The artist heightened the drama by contrasting Judith's serene determination with the amazement and horror exploding from the general's face. Portraying his head upside down emphasizes Holofernes' defeat and evokes the reversal of societal norms in a woman's victory over a strong man.
By the 1620s, Trophime Bigot (ca. 1579-1650, also known as Master of the Candlelight) was in Rome, where he studied the paintings of Caravaggio (1571-1610). The Italian master had introduced often brutal, naturalistic, close-up scenes lit by a single light source. In this powerful baroque composition, the candle's light concentrates the drama around the clear diagonal movement back from Holofernes's straining arm. |
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Date |
circa 1640 date QS:P571,+1640-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902 (Baroqueera QS:P2348,Q37853 ) |
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Medium |
oil on panel medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 125.7 cm (49.4 in); width: 196.8 cm (77.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,125.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,196.8U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
37.653 |
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Place of creation | Rome, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996. Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001. Vive la France! French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1999-2000. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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