Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 – 1669

Holofernes' Head Being Put into the Bag

pen drawing (18 × 21 cm) — c. 1635
Musée du Louvre, Paris

This work is linked to Judith 13:10

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Judith's servant puts the head of the Assyrian warlord Holophernes into her bag, so that it can be taken from the Assyrian army camp unseen. Judith watches, sword in hand.

Rembrandt also made a drawing of the decapitation.