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Jacopo Palma the Younger

Judith placing the head of Holofernes onto a cloth held by another female figure, the foreshortened body of Holofernes gushes with blood from the neck

ca. 1570–1628
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17.8 × 22.4 cm (7 × 8.8 in)

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