The first one, created in 1598, bears a red curtain in the background that strongly resembles the dripping blood of one of the title figures.
The first one, created in 1598, bears a red curtain in the background that strongly resembles the dripping blood of one of the title figures. The one created in 1620 shows a subdued black background to contrast the same character's spurting blood. In the first work, an old manservant waits for the other title character to finish cutting, while the second shows a maidservant physically subduing the soon-to-be decapitated victim. FTP, identify these paintings with the same title, the first by Michelangelo Caravaggio and the second the most famous work of Artemisia Gentileschi.
The first one, created in 1598, bears a red curtain in the background that strongly resembles the dripping blood of one of the title figures.
{Judith Beheading Holofernes}