Judith Slaying Holofernes from 1625 is also a representation of a biblical story where Holofernes blindly falls for Judith and due to his infatuation with her, Judith and Abra, blindside him by taking his life. Gentileschi’s scene of Judith killing Holofernes expresses violence and passion most likely emerging from the anger she felt towards Agostino Tassi for raping her and then exploiting her in court. Unlike, Gentileschi’s painting, Susanna and the Elders, which was painted prior to her to rape, Judith Slaying Holofernes, is painted using a dark palette of colors where the women are in control of the man. Previously, in Susanna and the Elders, the woman was painted as helpless with no control and now in Judith Slaying Holofernes the women
