Judith

Klimt interprets the biblical Judith as an active female figure. Her eyes are half-closed, her mouth is slightly open. Almost tenderly, she puts her hand on Holofernes’s severed head as if to push him out of the picture. A translucent veil and golden ornaments cover her right breast. A wide band adorned with precious stones that seem to merge into the golden background surrounds your neck. The black hair makes the gold shine more strongly around the femme fatale.

The precious frame was designed by Klimt and executed by his brother Georg, a goldsmith.