"Abra" Portraits It was then when Judith

It was then when Judith and her handmaiden Abra

"Like a bird on the wire

caught in her delicate grasp

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Standing amidst the emerald waters of a tranquil lake

"Abra" Portraits It was then when JudithMy next story is about Judith beheading Holofernes. The story behind this painting is about a Jewish widow called Judith, she went dining with Holofernes, an invading Assyrian general, he drank heavily throughout the evening until he passed out. It was then when Judith and her handmaiden Abra, decapitated him with his own sword. The two women slipped unnoticed from the enemy camp carrying off the head as gruesome evidence that Judith had saved her