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Object Type: print
Museum number: 1856,0614.131
Description: Judith with the Head of Holofernes. Judith standing in front of a tent and holding a sword in her right hand, holding Holofernes's head in the other and handing it to a woman at right, the decapitated body of Holofernes beyond; after Hendrik Goltzius Woodcut with green tone block
Producer name: Print made by: Christoffel van Sichem I; After: Hendrik Goltzius
School/style: Flemish; Dutch
Production date: 1600-1610 (c.)
Materials: paper
Technique: woodcut
Dimensions: Height: 137 millimetres; Width: 105 millimetres
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Curator's comments: For an impression of first state and comment see D,5.164.
Bibliographic references: Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (131); New Hollstein (Dutch & Flemish) / The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 (395.II) (Hendrick Goltzius; Prints after inventions by Goltzius); Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (III.126.1)
Location: Not on display
Subjects: old testament; murder/murderer
Associated names: Representation of: Judith; Representation of: Holofernes
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Henry Graves & Co
Acquisition date: 1856
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1856,0614.131

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