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for Israel. Her right hand holds the sword with which she has severed the neck of
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1328:La Giuditta
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1049:Young Woman
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1545:Sculpture
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1057:Young Man
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1493:Vouet,
1469:Detroit
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144:diptych
77:Subject
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1585:Salome
1501:Munich
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1489:Judith
1481:Naples
1475:Cannes
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1414:Judith
1398:Dublin
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1232:(poem)
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