Judith

Judith was a Jewish widow from present in the , known for beheading the general Holofernes to protect her hometown from his destruction.
During the Renaissance, painters chose to recreate and immortalize her in several works of art. Of these, two paintings by the Italian Sandro Botticelli, The Return of Judith to Bethulia (1470) and The Discovery of the Murder of Holofernes (c. 1472) hung in the Torre Grossa.Assassin's Creed II – Torre Grossa's Secret
==Gallery==
The_Return_of_Judith_to_Bethulia.JPG|The Return of Judith to Bethulia by Sandro Botticelli
Discovery_of_the_Murder_of_Holofernes.jpg|The Discovery of the Murder of Holofernes by Sandro Botticelli
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed II 
==References==
Category:Individuals
Category:Jews
Category:Biblical mythology