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"Judith with the head of Holopherne (Holofernes)", c. 1615 by Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620) - Kunsthistorishes Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Judith, a charming widow, is regarded by the Jewish people as a saint - others see her decapitation of the Babylonian general as murder.

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