And there with the strained craft steeply leaning over to it, by reason of the enormous downward drag from the lower mast-head, and every yard-arm on that side projecting like a crane over the waves; there, that blood-dripping head hung to the Pequod's waist like the giant
Holofernes's from the girdle of Judith.
Before Felton replied, and before she should be forced to resume this conversation, so difficult to be sustained in the same exalted tone, she let her hands fall; and as if the weakness of the woman overpowered the enthusiasm of the inspired fanatic, she said: "But no, it is not for me to be the Judith to deliver Bethulia from this
Holofernes. The sword of the eternal is too heavy for my arm.
Now, D'Artagnan, when he left Calais with his ten scamps, would have hesitated as little in attacking a Goliath, a Nebuchadnezzar, or a
Holofernes as he would in crossing swords with a recruit or caviling with a landlady.
The painting, currently on display at the Colnaghi Gallery in London, dates from 1607 and depicts biblical heroine Judith beheading the Assyrian general
Holofernes.
[USA], Mar 01 (ANI): At a press conference at Colnaghi, Thursday, art appraiser Eric Turquin announced that a painting discovered in 2014 is a lost work of the Italian master Caravaggio: 'Judith and
Holofernes,' believed to have been painted in 1607.
It shows the Biblical tale of Judith and
Holofernes, a widow who seduced and beheaded an enemy general.
The army of
Holofernes numbered one hundred and twenty thousand soldiers in the infantry, with another twenty thousand in the cavalry.
When the army of Assyrian King Nebuchadnezzar led by
Holofernes invaded, Bethulia was put under siege.
American jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and German songwriter Judith
Holofernes are also scheduled.
Among the religious paintings, don't miss Jacques Stella at Didier Aaron and Judith with the Head of
Holofernes by the baroque painter Pedro Nunez del Valle at Porcini.
Robertson meaningfully highlights Pietro Aldobrandini's commission of the Creation series and the Old Testament cycle from Cavaliere d'Arpino in the Villa Belvedere at Frascati, and quotes his description of d'Arpino's
Holofernes (118).
Holofernes - (Apocrypha) the Assyrian general who was decapitated by the biblical heroine Judith