JUDITH WITH HEAD OF HOLOFERNES - Baglione  1608 The story of the assassination of Holofernes, taken from the Old Testament, was the favorite theme of Caravaggio's followers in the early 17th century, and, in particular, it is a frequent subject in the work of Gentileschi, who was familiar with this painting. The heroine draws

BOY WITH BASKET OF FRUIT - Caravaggio 1594 This painting dates from the beginning of the artistic career of Caravaggio, who, having come to Rome from Lombardy in the last decade of the 16th century, worked briefly for Cavalier d'Arpino and his brother. It is thus no coincidence that this canvas belonged to

MELISSA - Dosso Dossi 1518 The female figure with a turban, who stands out in the painting with her imposing presence and the rich colors of her rope, holds, as well as a torch, a tablet bearing Kabbalistic designs. She has been identified both as Homers sorceress Circe and as Melissa on the basis

APOLLO AND DAPHNE - Dossi 1525 Apollo is the god of poetry and in this capacity he is playing the Lyra raising his bow aloft. His green mantle, it's edge decorated with thin gold thread, matches his laurel crown, which alludes to the transformation of the nymph Daphne into the tree that had become