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Judith presenting the head of Holofernes

Maker

(artist)
1581-1641

(engraver)
1714-1759

Title

Judith presenting the head of Holofernes

Date of Production

1758

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 19.6 cm
Width: 13.9 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2933.22

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






severed head












Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : written : upper left margin & recto : : L20(colon) 24(colon) A(colon) 26-26a//

Inscription: inscription : printed : upper centre within frame of image & recto : : Detruncatus a Iuditha / Holofernes / Jud. XIII.18.19. //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower margin & recto : : Dominchin, pinx. / Ph(colon) Andr(colon) Kilian, Sc(colon) / Fecit potentiam in brachio suo, dispersit superbos / mente cordis sui. Luc. I. v.51. / Das soffes urm vermag, ziegt Judiths Irm u(colon) Schwerd, / Vie ficher ist nicht der, der diefem Schuz begehrt. //

Inscription: inscription : typed : lower left margin & recto : : Kilian, Index Pict. Chalc. 1758 //

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