Judith and Holofernes
Maker
(artist)
1528-1588
(draughtsman)
1683-1761
(engraver)
1683-1761
(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)
1528-1588
(draughtsman)
1683-1761
(engraver)
1683-1761
(publisher)
1675-1750 (Life dates)
Title
Judith and Holofernes
Date of Production
1733
Medium
medium : material : ink & support : material : paper
Dimensions
Height: 22.7 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Width: 16.6 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.2966.19
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
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, black ink: "Bethulia, innumero dum circumcingitur hoste, // Optatam miserae nemo ferebat opem, // Sed JUDITH, Vultu ac Gladio bis vincere docta, // Amputat Assyrii Colla superba Ducis, // I nunc, et jacta fortes HOLOFERNE Phalanges; // Te perimit gladio faemina blanda tuo. // Illa dedit Mortem; Sed Vitam Pictor: amoenum // Cum VERONENSIS PAULUS adumbrat Opus. // Gratula bundus // appos: // GODOIR. BENJAM. // HANCKE // REGI POLON. et // ELECT. SAXON. // a Secretis // Dresdae MDCCXXXII // de Prenner, del: et Inc; // Se vinci Natura stupet; qui talia cernis, // Augusti mumus CAESARIS esse, scias. // CAESAR apelleos tibi sistit in aere colores, // ALTHANIUS curis dirigit ista suis. // Oter felices tanto sub CAESARE, oentes. // Quoregnante viget Martis et artis honor. // Fari plura vetor: CAROLI nam dicere laudes // annosae quondam Posteritatis erit."; lower centre edge, graphite: "20".
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