Artemisia Gentileschi is one of the greatest female painters of all times. Her works are admired in museums around the world, but her fame is tied to two specific paintings: Judith Beheading Holofernes1 (below) and Yael and Sisera2 (p.20). These are paintings of traditional biblical stories that depict murder—more specifically, the exact instance a homicide is committed. Artemisia was only 19 when she painted Judith beheading Holofernes, yet, it’s considered to be one of the s...
Subscribe today (returning users login) to access more of this article as well as the entire Enneagram Monthly archive.
