Judith and Holofernes, Giambattista Piazzetta (1720)
Judith is the only female character to have a book dedicated to her in the Old Testament. The heroine, with a cunning stratagem, saves her people from the siege of an Assyrian army led by Holofernes. Pretending she means to betray the Jewish people, she is welcomed into the enemy encampment. After a sumptuous banquet, she stealthily approaches the bed where the general lies overcome by wine, and slays him with his own scimitar.
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