The location of Gentileschi's Capodimonte copy is not known until it was documented in the Signora Saveria de Simone collection in Naples in 1827.[4] Artemisia was born to painter Orazio Gentileschi in 1593 and received much of her training from him.[5] Artemisia Gentileschi was roughly seventeen years of age when she painted Judith Slaying Holofernes. Prior to this artwork Gentileschi had also completed Susanna and the Elders and Madonna and Child. These artworks show how Gentileschi used body movement and facial expressions to express emotions.