Donatello, born Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, was one of the most outstanding sculptors of the Italian Renaissance. He ...

Artists have chosen one of two ways to depict the action: with Judith in mid-struggle, in the act of cutting (Donatello, Gentileschi), or triumphantly holding up the head of Holofernes after the ...

Donatello, Gustav Klimt, and Francisco Goya crafting their own representations of the story. Some scholars have argued that Gentileschi's interpretation of Judith and Holofernes was the artist ...

Two works — the lion known as “Marzocco” and a statue of “Judith and Holofernes” — are ... The exhibition “Donatello: The Renaissance,” which opens here on March 19 and runs ...

A depiction of a woman beheading a man is the subject of famous Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's "Judith and Holofernes," circa 1599. This is the first time the painting has ...

Judith, a Jewish widow, dressed in her finest clothes to infiltrate the camp of Assyrian General Holofernes, who had besieged the city of Betulia. He fell for the ruse and invited Judith to dinner ...

National Geographic explores notable biblical figures in our ongoing series People in the Bible, as part of our coverage of the history of the Bible and the search for sacred texts. The story of ...