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The original femmes fatales. Gustav Klimt’s 1909 painting “Judith II (Salome)” celebrates two of the Bible’s most famous mankillers. Sexy, strong and dangerous, Klimt’s Judith displays the very traits that kept her out of the Hebrew Bible.

The painting belongs to the Museo d’Arte Moderna Casa Pesaro in Venice, Italy.