spinner-caricamento
Share

Corsini Gallery verified

Rome, Lazio, Italy closed Visit museumarrow_right_alt

fullscreen
Michelangelo Merisi, detto Caravaggio - St. John Baptist
fullscreen
Giambattista Piazzetta - Judith and Holofernes
fullscreen
Orazio Gentileschi - Madonna with child
fullscreen
Peter Paul Rubens - San Sebastiano cured by the angels
fullscreen
Antoon van Dyck - Madonna of the straw
fullscreen
Guido Reni - Salome with the head of the Baptist
fullscreen
Christian Berentz - The elegant snack
fullscreen
Corsini throne
fullscreen
Jusepe de Ribera - Venus reaches dying Adonis
fullscreen
Luca Giordano - Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
fullscreen
Salvator Rosa - The torture of Prometheus
fullscreen
Jusepe de Ribera - Denial of Peter
fullscreen
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Madonna of the milk
fullscreen
Beato Angelico - Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
fullscreen
Rosalba Carriera - Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
fullscreen
Hans Hoffmann - The hare
fullscreen
Giovanni da Milano - Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
fullscreen
Mattia Preti - The tribute of the currency
fullscreen
Jacopo Bassano - Adoration of the shepherds
Michelangelo Merisi, detto Caravaggio - St. John Baptist
Giambattista Piazzetta - Judith and Holofernes
Orazio Gentileschi - Madonna with child
Peter Paul Rubens - San Sebastiano cured by the angels
Antoon van Dyck - Madonna of the straw
Guido Reni - Salome with the head of the Baptist
Christian Berentz - The elegant snack
Corsini throne
Jusepe de Ribera - Venus reaches dying Adonis
Luca Giordano - Dispute of Jesus among the doctors
Salvator Rosa - The torture of Prometheus
Jusepe de Ribera - Denial of Peter
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo - Madonna of the milk
Beato Angelico - Triptych with Ascension, Last Judgment, Pentecost
Rosalba Carriera - Allegory of the four elements - Air, Water, Earth, Fire
Hans Hoffmann - The hare
Giovanni da Milano - Polyptych with Madonna and Child with Saints
Mattia Preti - The tribute of the currency
Jacopo Bassano - Adoration of the shepherds

Other works on display

Description

Judith is the only female character to whom a book of the Old Testament is dedicated. The heroine, with a cunning stratagem, succeeds in saving her people from the siege of the Assyrian army, commanded by Holofernes. Pretending to want to betray the Jewish people, she is welcomed into the enemy camp. After a sumptuous banquet, he sneaks up to the general's bed, now overcome by the abuse of wine, and kills him with his own scimitar. While many artists had focused on the worst moment of the episode, the beheading of Holofernes, here Piazzetta depicts the moment immediately preceding it. Judith with one hand unties the lace that holds the scimitar tied and with the other pulls aside the curtain surrounding the bed. The scene thus takes on a strong theatrical flavor: the curtain-curtain opens, sheds the light on Judith, represented here as a sophisticated woman of rank, and reveals to the viewer's eyes a moment of suspense, marked by strong contrasts of light, in which the body of Holofernes already seems unmade and lifeless.

Discounts and prices’ reductions with the Artsupp Card

With the Artsupp Card you can get, for the first time, discounts and reduced entrance tickets for Italian museums .

Discover more

Other artworks in Roma

photo undefined
photo undefined
photo undefined

n 17 Vacuum Cleaner

Ines Kaag; Désirée Heiss, detti Bless

placeRome, Lazio, Italy

Related searches

What you can find on Artsupp

Artsupp is the museums’ portal through which it’s easy to discover art, exhibitions and artworks. Now museums in France, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany and Spain can also share their activities with users

About us