In a painting by Tintoretto, one of these title characters is a severely foreshortened figure under a red canopy on the far right.
In a painting by Tintoretto, one of these title characters is a severely foreshortened figure under a red canopy on the far right. The other character stands in the center of the painting wearing a blue dress and draping a black cloth. Caravaggio painted Abra as an old woman clutching a sack in his painting of these two characters, which shows the central figure performing the title action at arms' length with an expression of distaste. In their most well-known depiction, the composition's strong vertical thrust is reinforced by the muscular arms of the woman wielding the sword. For 10 points, name these two biblical characters, famously depicted by Artemesia Gentileschi in the act of decapitation.
In a painting by Tintoretto, one of these title characters is a severely foreshortened figure under a red canopy on the far right.
{Judith} and {Holofernes}