Lot 07

Paolo Veronese (1528 - 1588) (follower) JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES

This precisely executed replica of Paolo Veronese's painting, currently housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, respects all the important elements of the aforementioned masterpiece. Judith, dressed in the finest fabrics, pearls, and a delicate translucent veil, is the heroine of the story of the rescue of the city of Bethulia. Judith seduced the Assyrian general Holofernes with her beauty, got him drunk, and then cut off his head.