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| Andrea Mantegna Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1495 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| attributed to Dosso Dossi Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1542 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Lambert Sustris Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1548-51 oil on canvas Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille |
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| Bartholomeus Spranger Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1601 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Adam Elsheimer Judith and Holofernes ca. 1601-1603 oil on copper Wellington Collection, Apsley House, London |
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| Gerrit Pietersz (called Sweelinck) Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1605 oil on canvas Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Cristofano Allori Study of Hand and Sleeve for Judith with the Head of Holofernes ca. 1613 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Camillo Procaccini Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1629 oil on canvas Chiesa di Santa Maria del Carmine, Milan |
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| Padovanino Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1636 oil on canvas Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna |
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| Giovanni Baglione Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1644 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| attributed to Luca Giordano Study for Judith and Holofernes ca. 1665 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Antonio Molinari Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1690 drawing Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf |
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| Giovanni Battista Piazzetta Judith and Holofernes before 1754 oil on canvas Accademia di San Luca, Rome |
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| Jean-Baptiste Henri Deshays Judith and Holofernes before 1765 drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Anonymous French Artist Judith with the Head of Holofernes 18th century drawing Musée du Louvre |
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| Anton von Maron Judith with the Head of Holofernes before 1808 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Ten Moons
And then came the ten moons
Full in the sun's glare, and the seraphim,
And it was light all night in the orchards
And on the plains and even in the towns
And mankind rejoiced, because it was now the case
That the wrecking and equivocating could carry on
The pale night long. Mankind rejoiced
And went forth to those places twelve hours of light
Had not made it worth the while to despoil
And gamboled collectively on the cliff tops
And regarded the night-broiling of the sea
Hitherto forbidden, but now opened in festival.
Half the world's time unpeeled and exposed
So fruit might ripen faster and trees flourish higher
And forced photosynthesis green all the land.
Then night ramblers, night-sun-worshippers,
Night-motorists fanned out and made the most
Of spectral light, which bleached out stars and even
The cozy old moon herself, who had
Once held a sickle broadside to the sun, and now
Was a hollow daytime shadow.
Only a few old believers slept
Hand in hand, shoulder to breast,
As if their lives depended on it, knowing yet
That the morning would bring nothing
Because the day knew no beginning
And had no end.
– Sasha Dugdale (2008)