''Judith at the Banquet of Holofernes'' (also known as ''Artemisia Receiving Mausolus' Ashes'' and ''Sophonisba Receiving the Poisoned Cup'') is a painting by the
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master
Rembrandt
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. It is now in the
Museo del Prado
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in
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, Spain. It is signed "REMBRANDT F: 1634".
The subject of the picture was unclear for centuries. It portrays a young woman, formerly identified as
Sophonisba or
Artemisia, or a generic queen due to her jewels and rich garments, receiving a cup from a maiden. Today it is considered to be
Judith at the banquet of
Holofernes.
[Museum website]
For the woman, Rembrandt probably used his wife
Saskia Saskia is a Germanic feminine given name. There are at least two different sources of the name. One is of North German and Northeast Netherlands origin, where it originally meant "a Saxon woman" ( metathesis of "Saxia").
Notable people with the nam ...
as model.
References
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1634 paintings
Paintings by Rembrandt
Paintings of the Museo del Prado by Dutch artists
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