Artist : Marcelle Hanselaar
Title : Vindication, Judith and Holofernes
Medium : etching / aquatint, ed 30
Dimensions : 38 x 43 cm, plate size 20 x 25 cm


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Nebuchadrezzar, king of Assyria, sent his general Holofernes on an expedition against Palestine. A beautiful widow named Judith left the besieged city of B in pretended flight and foretold to Holofernes that he would be victorious. Entranced by her beauty and wit he invited into his tent, where she cut off his head as he lay in drunken sleep. She and her servant hid it in a bag to take it with her to the city where it was nailed to the city walls. When the army saw their leader’s head they panicked and dispersed.