# Judith and Holofernes [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [VALENTIN DE BOULOGNE]() - Date: 1601-1650 - Technique: Oil on canvas, 106 x 141 cm ## Commentary Judith and Holofernes c. 1626 Oil on canvas, 106 x 141 cm National Museum of Fine Arts, La Valletta The figure of Judith emerges from the obscurity of the background with crude determination, rivaling the best productions of the Caravaggisti, particularly Bartolomeo Manfredi. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 17 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/17\_cent/scarlatti\_giuditta.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Alessandro Scarlatti: La Giuditta, oratorio, Part I \(excerpts\)</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Card-sharpers]() - [Christ Driving the Money Changers out of the Temple]() - [Company with Fortune-Teller \(detail\)]() - [Company with Fortune-Teller \(detail\)]() - [Company with Fortune-Teller]() - [Crowning with Thorns]() - [David with the Head of Goliath and Two Soldiers]() - [David with the Head of Goliath \(detail\)]() - [David with the Head of Goliath]() - [Denial of Saint Peter]() - [Expulsion of the Money-Changers from the Temple]() - [Fortune Teller \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()