Executioner Holding up a Severed Head

Artist: Giovanni Battista Piazzetta
Artwork: Executioner Holding up a Severed Head
Description: This is a preparatory drawing for an altarpiece in the church of San Giovanni Battista della Croce, Venice. The painting depicts the moment when Judith, a young widow from the Israelite city of Bethulia, kills Holofernes, the Assyrian general who is besieging the city.
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