Judith and Holofernes reimagines a biblical story in which a woman saves her town by killing the general of an invading army. Judith is portrayed as a powerful Black woman in this version of the story. This painting is Kehinde Wiley’s modern take on a …

From Seattle Art Museum, Kehinde Wiley, Judith and Holofernes (2012), Oil on linen, 120 × 90 in

Judith and Holofernes: Date: 2012: Artist: Kehinde Wiley: Dimensions: 120 x 90 in. (304.8 x 228.6 cm) Frame: 130 1/2 x 99 7/8 in. (331.5 x 253.7 cm) Medium: Oil on linen: Credit Line: Purchased with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hanes in honor of Dr. Emily Farnham, and with funds from Peggy Guggenheim, by exchange: Object Number: 2012.6 ...

Sayantani Dasgupta, "On Kehinde Wiley's Judith and Holofernes" in “You Are the River: Literature Inspired by the North Carolina Museum of Art,” edited by Helena Feder (Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 2021), illus (color) 96, 99 (detail).

2023年4月16日 · Two paintings created 400 years apart raise contemporary issues through a historical lens. Both depict the Old Testament story of Judith slaying Holofernes. Artemisia Gentileschi’s 17th-century Judith and Holofernes and Kehinde Wiley’s 21st-century Judith and Holofernes continue their national tour at the MFAH.

Created four hundred years apart, these two paintings by Gentileschi and Wiley of iconic women in acts of courageous defiance and female empowerment stimulate discussion around gender, race, identity, violence, religion, oppression, and power—all of which have remained relevant from the seventeenth century to now.

2022年10月9日 · Two paintings depicting different versions of the story of Judith and Holofernes from the Old Testament Apocrypha—one by Italian Baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi and the other by American contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley—will be on …

2024年5月4日 · Kehinde Wiley depicts Judith as a powerful Black woman, holding a head modeled by an assistant to the artist. It is inspired by Giovanni Baglione’s painting, also titled Judith and Holofernes from c. 1608.

2016年4月20日 · A good starting point would be to take a look at Ludovico Carracci’s small but masterful Judith and Holofernes in Marks of Genius, and compare it to the NCMA’s large oil painting of the same theme by contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley.

2022年4月16日 · Taken from the Book of Judith, the tale recounts how a Jewish widow saved the town of Bethulia from the Assyrian army by seducing and then beheading General Holofernes. Artemisia Gentileschi’s version, one of her most well-known paintings, is …