Judith Slaying Holofernes
Artemisia Gentileschi (c. 1612–13)
Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith Slaying Holofernes hurls us into the fatal instant when Judith and her maid overpower the Assyrian general. In a void of darkness, a hard light chisels out straining arms, a heavy sword, and blood darkening the white sheets—an image of <strong>justice enacted through female collaboration</strong> <sup>[1]</sup><sup>[2]</sup>.
