University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Br J Surg. 2019 May;106(6):700. doi: 10.1002/bjs.10863.
, Published online in Wiley Online Library (www.bjs.co.uk). DOI: 10.1002/bjs.10863 In times when art usually depicted perfection, Caravaggio (1571-1610) painted everyday reality. He used people walking the streets of Rome to represent holy figures. Caravaggio loved many women. He killed a man in a duel and had to flee from Rome to avoid being 'beheaded by anybody who saw him'. In this biblical scene he painted, Judith Beheading Holofernes, Judith is a portrait of Fillide Melandroni, the reason for the duel. Holofernes is a self-portrait. Judith looks cruel, in mourning clothes, seeking revenge for the assassination of her lover. The maidservant, almost an evil spirit, has a voluminous thyroid goitre, and she seems to encourage the revenge of Fillide. Read more about Caravaggio and this painting in an essay online.
卡拉瓦乔（1571-1610 年）生活在艺术通常描绘完美的时代，但他却选择描绘日常生活。他以罗马街头的普通人作为原型，来描绘宗教人物。卡拉瓦乔爱过许多女人。他曾与人决斗并将其杀死，之后不得不逃离罗马，以免“被任何见到他的人砍头”。在这幅名为《朱迪思斩首荷罗孚尼》的圣经场景画作中，朱迪思是菲力德·梅兰德里奥尼的肖像，而这场决斗也是因她而起。荷罗孚尼则是卡拉瓦乔的自画像。画中的朱迪思身着丧服，面容冷酷，仿佛在为爱人的遇害寻求复仇。而侍女则甲状腺肿大，身形庞大，看起来更像是一个邪恶的幽灵，似乎在鼓励菲力德复仇。更多关于卡拉瓦乔和这幅画作的信息可在线查阅。
