Download Artemisia Gentileschi Holofernes Background. Artemisia gentileschi's judith beheading holofernes shows a famous biblical assassination. Artemisia gentileschi was 20 in 1612 when she created this iconic painting of judith, a jewish widow, beheading holofernes, an assyrian general who had come to annihilate her city.
The painting was completed in rome where artemisia returned after spending seven years in. Maleri av artemisia gentileschi (nb) judith decapitando a holofernes (es); When women painters were not easily accepted by the artistic community.
The daughter of painter orazio gentileschi, artemisia trained in her father's workshop and quickly the brutal depiction in the monumental judith slaying holofernes is often interpreted as a painted.
'judith beheading holofernes' was created in 1620 by artemisia gentileschi in tenebrism style. Artemisia gentileschi was an artist who knew the pitfalls of being a woman. Taolenn gant artemisia gentileschi (br); Artemisia gentileschi was clearly proud of the uffizi judith slaying holofernes, signing it in the lower right corner.