1-156-762 - Ann Ronan Picture Library/Heritage-Images

Judith killing the Assyrian general Holofernes, 19th century. The Jewish heroine Judith was living in Bethulia when it was besieged by the Assyrian army commanded by Holofernes. She inveigled herself into his tent, cut off his head and took it back to Bethulia, so saving the town. The incident is described in the book of Judith from the Apocrypha.