Judith with the Head of Holofernes by SIRANI, Elisabetta

SIRANI, Elisabetta

(b. 1638, Bologna, d. 1665, Bologna)

	Judith with the Head of Holofernes - Oil on canvas, 236 x 183 cm Lakeview Museum of Arts and Science, Peoria
In her grandest and most dramatic work, Sirani paints Judith upon her triumphant return to Israel with the slain enemy's head.