Gustave Doré1866

Judith and Holofernes

With the enemy commander overcome by wine and asleep on his bed, Judith takes up his own sword and strikes off the head of Holofernes to deliver her city (Judith 13). A wood engraving from Gustave Doré's La Grande Bible de Tours (1866).

Judith and Holofernes by Gustave Doré depicting Judith 13:1
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Depicted passages

Judith 13:1-10Primary
Portrait of Gustave Doré

About Gustave Doré

1832-1883 · French

Paul Gustave Doré was a prolific French illustrator whose 241 wood engravings for "La Grande Bible de Tours" (1866) became the most influential visual interpretation of scripture of the 19th century.

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