Judith And Her Maidservant

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Judith and her Maidservant was created after and in this particular painting, the suspense of trying to be descreit is really captured. She shows judith accompanied by her maid and they are literally creeping and in mid stride when they pause so they are not caught. Very realistic facial expression and anatomy. Artemisia's Cleopatra is also an amazing piece. Here she does a nude of Cleopatra comitting suicide by serpant. What is so intriging about the painting, is that she was the only artist who painted from a female nude model. The men were not aloud to do so, so they painted from what they thought the anotomy of a woman looked like. She nailed it because not only was she a woman but, she was able to have the vision right in front of

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