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Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengel after A. Varotari, il Padovanino.
- Padovanino, 1588-1648
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- 21511i
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- Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.
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Credit: Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengel after A. Varotari, il Padovanino. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
Bible, Apocrypha, Book of Judith. Judith, a beautiful Judean widow, infiltrates the camp of the Assyrian army that is besieging her city and seduces the chief captain, Holofernes. She beheads him after he has collapsed into a drunken sleep
Publication/Creation
Dresden (Koenigl. Gemaelde Galerie) : Franz Hanfstaengl.
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 38 x 29.9 cm
Lettering
Judith. Original Gemälde von Alessandro Varotari gen. Padovanino. Auf Stein gez. v. F. Hanfstaengl. Gedruckt bei dem Herausgeber. Königl. Gemälde Galerie in Dresden. Herausgegeben v. Franz. Hanfstaengl.
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 21511i
Reproduction note
After: a painting in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden
Type/Technique
Languages
- German
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Location Status Access Closed stores