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| Keywords: Trophime Bigot - Judith Cutting Off the Head of Holofernes - Walters 37653.jpg 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 ca 1640 Baroque oil on panel cm 125 7 196 8 accession number 37 653 37744 Don Marcello Massarenti Collection Rome Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection 1902 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 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license 2D Baroque paintings in the Walters Art Museum Trophime Bigot Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Paintings of Judith beheading Holofernes Three-quarter views of females Women's arms People with candles in art 1640 ca Vive la France French Treasures from the Middle Ages to Monet | ||||
