Illustration from the book "La Sainte Bible" (1846), portraying Esther kneeling before Assuerus after three days of fasting. Assuerus is stricken by Esther beauty, and is about to touch her with his golden sceptre.
Illustration from the book "La Sainte Bible" (1846), portraying Judith just before she kills Holophernes: she has a sword in her hand, and Holophernes is sleeping on the bed behind her