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Artemisia Gentileschi's painting Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1614–1620

Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Cristofano Allori, 1613

Holofernes (Ancient Greek: Ὀλοφέρνης; Hebrew: הולופרנס) was an invading Assyrian general in the Book of Judith, who was beheaded by Judith who entered his camp and decapitated him while he was intoxicated.