Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Girolamo Mocetto after Andrea Mantegna

National Gallery of Art

This print shows two women standing closely together. The woman on the left has curly, shoulder-length hair and is dressed in a long, draped garment. Her right arm is holding what appears to be the severed head of a bearded man with curly hair. She is leaning forward, placing the head into a bag which the woman on the right is holding open for her. Both women are looking downward towards the head. The woman on the right appears slightly older, and she wears a headscarf and a dress with designs around the hem. Both women have sandals on their feet. The background depicts a scene with trees on the left, distant architectural structures on the right, and an empty sky.