 Following the success of The Combat , Etty painted a further four very large paintings . One was on the well @-@ worn theme of the Judgement of Paris , exhibited in 1826 , and three were on the theme of Judith beheading Holofernes , the first of which was exhibited in 1827 . Unlike other artists who had painted this subject , Etty 's Judith paintings did not show the actual beheading , as he hoped to avoid " the offensive and revolting butchery , some have delighted and even revelled in " . The first Judith picture in particular was extremely well received critically . 
