Esther before the King

Esther before the King by the ItalianBaroque painter Andrea Celesti (1637-1712).

Movie Star

Bette Davis as Jezebel 1938.

Salome Receiving Her Trophy

Salome by the Italian Baroque painter Gian Francesco Barbieri (1591-1666).

Cruel Work

Judith and Holofernes (c 1615-8) by the Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589-1655).

Fleeing Joseph

Joseph and Potiphar's Wife. A Flemish Illumination from the 15^th century.

Dutch Scenery

Hagar and Ismael in a Dutch landscape by the Dutch Mannerist Painter Abraham Bloemaert (ca.1564-1651).

Eve Lost

Eve (1889) looks really lost on this painting by the French artist Paul Gauguin (1848-1903).

Kind of Salome

A modern interpretation of Salome by the American fantasy artist Gerald Brom (born 1965).

Two Intrusive Elders

Susanna_and_the_Elders by Guerrieri by the Italian painter Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri (1589-1655).

Freaky Composition

Judith with the Head of Holofernes by theItalian Mannerist painter Jacopo Coppi (1523-1591).

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve a 1956 movie directed by Alberto Gout.

Cruel Red

Salome (1899) by the American painter Francis Luis Mora (1874-1940).

Exotic Setting

Vashti Deposed (1890) by the British painter Ernest Normand (1859-1923). Normand was kind of a specialist in mythological and historical nudes.

Cruel Death

The Death of Jezebel by Coli, G. (1643-81) & Gherardi, F. (1643-1704)

Disguised Seduction

Judah and Tamar (1644) by the Dutch Golden Age painter and printmaker Ferdinand Bol (1616-1680).

Joseph on the Run

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife (1610) by the Italian Mannerist painter Lodovico Cardi (1559-1613) also known as Cigoli.

Eternal Sin

Daphne Guinness by Markus Klinkoo. The woman with the snake is a popular icon for sin and seduction.

Sweet Rebecca

Rebecca at the Well illustration by the American painter Michael Deas. Rebecca is the symbol of a good caring woman and as the mother of Jacob one of the most important matriarchs of the bible.

Peeping Old Men

Susanna and the Elders by the German painter Lovis Corinth (1858–1925).