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Judith

A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of engraving in black on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1525

Artist:

Barthel Beham
German, 1502-1540

About this artwork

The stalwart heroine of the Book of Judith from the Hebrew Apocrypha, the beautiful widow Judith seduced and beheaded the Assyrian general Holofernes, whose forces had besieged her city, in order to save her people. Depicted here in the nude, she sits triumphantly on Holofernes’s corpse, with a firm grip on her sword and the disembodied head. Judith was the rare female leader to be celebrated as such during this period.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Barthel Beham

Title

Judith

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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1525

Medium

Engraving in black on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Image/plate/sheet: 5.4 × 3.6 cm (2 3/16 × 1 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Potter Palmer

Reference Number

1920.1203

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