1525 - Curiosities - Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Germany, ca. 1920, Art Deco, high-quality carving, mounted on an ebonized wooden base. Height: approx. 46 cm. Judith, as the embodiment of courage, determination, and self-sacrificing patriotism, combined with feminine beauty, has repeatedly inspired the imagination of many painters and sculptors. To save her people, she sneaked into the camp of the Assyrian general Holofernes, knocked him unconscious, and beheaded him. The bloody spectacle of Holofernes’s beheading became a frequently varied motif from the late Middle Ages through the early 20th century.

Curiosities - Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Germany, ca. 1920, Art Deco, high-quality carving, mounted on an ebonized wooden base. Height: approx. 46 cm. Judith, as the embodiment of courage, determination, and self-sacrificing patriotism, combined with feminine beauty, has repeatedly inspired the imagination of many painters and sculptors. To save her people, she sneaked into the camp of the Assyrian general Holofernes, knocked him unconscious, and beheaded him. The bloody spectacle of Holofernes’s beheading became a frequently varied motif from the late Middle Ages through the early 20th century. Judith, as the embodiment of courage, determination, and self-sacrificing patriotism, combined with feminine beauty, has time and again captured the imagination of many painters and sculptors. To save her people, she sneaked into the camp of the Assyrian general Holofernes, knocked him unconscious, and beheaded him. The bloody spectacle of Holofernes’s beheading became a frequently reinterpreted motif from the late Middle Ages through the early 20th century. - Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Germany, c. 1920, Art Deco, carved and patinated wood, mounted on an ebonized wooden base. Height: c. 46 cm.