Gallery label
Once called Artemisia or Sophonisba, the woman is now read as Judith in the dangerous quiet before Holofernes drinks himself defenseless.
Look closely
Nothing in the costume announces murder. Light settles on fur, chain, pearls, and vessel while Judith's concentration remains inward; the absent general pressures the frame.
Why this Judith matters
Changing titles reveal how iconography is argued, not merely recognized, and restore the preparatory performance on which Judith's plan depends.
Sources for this record:Museo Nacional del Prado record ↗
“Once called Artemisia or Sophonisba, the woman is now read as Judith in the dangerous quiet before Holofernes drinks himself defenseless.”
Narrative index
Primary catalogue placement: the banquet, Judith 12:15–20. The index organizes comparison; it does not claim that every visual detail comes from those verses or that the work touches only one episode.
