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Judith and Holofernes

Maker

(artist)
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

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

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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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