Judith and her maid hide Holofernes' head. Woodcut.

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Judith and her maid hide Holofernes' head. Woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Bible. Apocrypha. Book of Judith. Judith, a beautiful Judean widow, infiltrates the camp of the Assyrian army that is besieging her city and seduces the chief captain, Holofernes. She beheads him after he has collapsed into a drunken sleep

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1 print : woodcut ; image 7.6 x 11.6 cm

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The xiii. chapter. 7 Judith prayeth for strength. 10 She smyteth of Holophernes head. 12 She returneth to Bethulia, and rejoyceth her people.

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Wellcome Collection 20971i

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