This is a painting done by one of the earliest recognized female painter known as Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting is a tribute to the folklore, or perhaps, biblical story behind her home town. It is about how a young woman saved the town from an evil general by seducing him with the promise of a good time and alcohol. After he drank all the alcohol, she chopped off his head with a sword, decapitating the army that held her town captive. The story is somewhat reflective of Gentileschi herself, who was raped by her own apprentice. Her father sued the young man and won. She started the painting before the trial and finished when the trial was over. There is some of herself in the painting and some of the story.
I though some explaining was due.
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