Judith with Holofernes' head. Coloured photograph after G. Reni.

  • Reni, Guido, 1575-1642.
Date:
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Reference:
584792i
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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

[between 1800 and 1899?]

Physical description

1 photograph : photoprint, with gouache, laid down on wood ; wood 46.7 x 30.3 cm

Contributors

Reference

Wellcome Collection 584792i

Type/Technique

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