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File:Detail of the Judith and Holofernes fresco in the Sistine Chapel - Holofernes.jpg

Detail_of_the_Judith_and_Holofernes_fresco_in_the_Sistine_Chapel_-_Holofernes.jpg ‎(306 × 290 pixels, file size: 76 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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English: fresco painted by Michelangelo and his assistants for the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512
Polski: Fresk w Kaplicy Syksyńskiej przedstawiający Sąd Ostateczny Michała Anioła.
Date between 1508 to 1512
Source Cropped from Image:Judith und Holofernes (Michelangelo).jpg (originally scanned from a book)
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(This may be a self-portrait of Michelangelo)

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