#vanhamassen — Public Fediverse posts
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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: Judith and Holofernes, by Van Hamessen (1540). You can see it in the Chicago Art Institute.
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Today's Flickr photo with the most hits was taken in Chicago, at the Art Institute:
VAN HAMASSEN, 1540, Judith, detail
In the full canvas, a naked Judith wields the sword that she will use to decapitate Holofernes in her right hand; in her left, she has a leather bag to put the head in.
#judith #OldTestament #bible #decapitation #holofernes #VanHamassen
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Today's Flick photo with the most hits was taken in Chicago, at the Art Institute. It shows Judith (detail) raising the sword to decapitate a sleeping Holofernes. It was painted in 1540, by Van Hamassen.
#VanHamassen #ArtInstituteofChicago #painting #BiblicalStory #Judith #Holofernes