Judith Beheading Holofernes

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Baroque painting painting

Judith Beheading Holofernes is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the biblical heroine Judith decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes with intense realism and emotional tension.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Judith Beheading Holofernes by Caravaggio	3
Judith Slaying Holofernes	2
Judith and the Head of Holofernes	2
Judith	1
Judith Beheading Holofernes canonical	1
Judith Beheading Holofernes (Caravaggio)	1
Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi	1
Judith and Holofernes	1
Judith y Holofernes (Judith and Holofernes)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T534725 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judith Beheading Holofernes
Context triple: [Caravaggio, notableWork, Judith Beheading Holofernes]

A. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
B. Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
C. Salome
Salome is a biblical and historical figure best known for her dance before Herod Antipas that led to the beheading of John the Baptist.
D. The Maid's Revenge
The Maid's Revenge is a Caroline-era tragic play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its themes of love, honor, and revenge within a Spanish courtly setting.
E. Joseph the Betrothed
Joseph the Betrothed is the New Testament figure revered as the earthly husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus, honored in Christian tradition as a model of righteousness and humble obedience to God.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Judith Beheading Holofernes
Target entity description: Judith Beheading Holofernes is a dramatic Baroque painting by Caravaggio depicting the biblical heroine Judith decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes with intense realism and emotional tension.

A. Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
B. Belshazzar’s Feast
Belshazzar’s Feast is a dramatic biblical painting by Rembrandt depicting the moment a mysterious divine inscription appears on the wall during the Babylonian king’s lavish banquet.
C. Salome
Salome is a biblical and historical figure best known for her dance before Herod Antipas that led to the beheading of John the Baptist.
D. The Maid's Revenge
The Maid's Revenge is a Caroline-era tragic play by English dramatist James Shirley, known for its themes of love, honor, and revenge within a Spanish courtly setting.
E. Joseph the Betrothed
Joseph the Betrothed is the New Testament figure revered as the earthly husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus, honored in Christian tradition as a model of righteousness and humble obedience to God.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Baroque painting ⓘ painting ⓘ
artForm	oil painting ⓘ
artHistoricalSignificance	important example of Baroque drama in painting ⓘ key work in Caravaggio’s mature style ⓘ
artisticMovementCharacteristic	dramatic realism ⓘ strong contrasts of light and dark ⓘ
artisticPeriod	Italian Baroque ⓘ
author	Caravaggio ⓘ
basedOn	Biblical narrative ⓘ Book of Judith ⓘ
colorPalette	chiaroscuro contrasts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
creator	Caravaggio ⓘ
depictionType	history painting ⓘ
depicts	Holofernes ⓘ Judith ⓘ biblical story of Judith and Holofernes ⓘ decapitation of Holofernes ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasInfluenced	Artemisia Gentileschi’s Judith paintings ⓘ linked to: Artemisia Gentileschi later Baroque depictions of Judith ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Judith and Holofernes ⓘ linked to: Judith Beheading Holofernes
languageOfWork	none ⓘ
mainCharacter	Holofernes ⓘ Judith ⓘ linked to: Judith Beheading Holofernes Judith’s maidservant ⓘ
medium	oil paint ⓘ
movement	Baroque ⓘ
narrativeLocation	tent of Holofernes ⓘ
notableFor	dramatic lighting ⓘ emotional tension ⓘ intense realism ⓘ
portraysEmotion	Holofernes’s terror ⓘ Judith’s determination ⓘ maidservant’s complicity ⓘ
portraysMoment	instant of decapitation ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
style	tenebrism ⓘ
subjectMatter	Old Testament story ⓘ
theme	deliverance of Israel ⓘ faith ⓘ heroism ⓘ violence ⓘ

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