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The painting you are referring to, "Judith and Her Maidservant Holding the Head of Holofernes" was actually painted by Artemisia Gentileschi, not Caravaggio. Gentileschi was an avid follower of Caravaggio, known as a caravaggisti, and copied many of his techniques in her own work.

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Gentileschia had been raped

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Q: Why was Artemesia Gentileschi so obsessed with the biblical story of Judith beheading Holofernes that she painted five versions of it?
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