a visit with jesus

 Bible Art

Judas Sells Jesus for Thirty Pieces of Silver.
Artist: Lippo Memmi
 c. 1340    Fresco

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Judas Sells Jesus for Thirty Pieces of Silver is also known as The Bargain of Judas is a biblical episode related to the life of Jesus which is recorded in all three Synoptic Gospels, Matthew 26:14–16, Mark 14:10–11 and Luke 22:1–6. It relates how Judas Iscariot made a bargain with the Jewish chief priests to betray Jesus.

Judith and Holofernes
Artist: Artemisia Gentileschi
 1620-21    Painting

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This dynamic painting depicts the Biblical story of the pious widow Judith and her attendant Abra as they behead the struggling Assyrian general Holofernes. When Holofernes besieged and threatened to destroy her city, Judith adorned herself and went out to meet him on the pretext of offering information. Intending to seduce her, he invited her into his tent for dinner but as the Bible says, "was so enchanted with her that he drank far more wine than he had drunk on any other day in his life." Taking a sword, Judith beheaded him and returned with his head in a basket to the city, where she was acclaimed as a hero.

This oil on canvas painting is in The Uffizi Gallery, Florence