Judith Beheading Holofernes
Restorations Rebecca Tillett Restorations Rebecca Tillett

Judith Beheading Holofernes

Judith Beheading Holofernes is one of his most unnerving confrontations. Drawn from the Old Testament story of Judith, a widow who saves her people by seducing and then decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes, the painting captures the exact moment violence becomes irreversible.

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Childbirth and Puerperal Fever
Jewelry, History Rebecca Tillett Jewelry, History Rebecca Tillett

Childbirth and Puerperal Fever

Hundreds of years ago, when men calling themselves doctors decided to rob childbirth from the midwives and bring it into hospitals, the maternal mortality rate skyrocketed due to something called puerperal (or childbed) fever, a bacterial infection of the female reproductive tract following childbirth.

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Maria Celeste
Rebecca Tillett Rebecca Tillett

Maria Celeste

I have become enchanted by this woman because of her unique position, straddling the worlds of both science and religion, in 17th century Italy.

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Eye and Amazonite
Rebecca Tillett Rebecca Tillett

Eye and Amazonite

Did you know the original engraving of this eye was created in the 1600s? I feel like someone is staring at me from 400 years in the past.

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