Judith with the Head of Holofernes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1587 – 1605
name: label: Artist
content: Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus, Flemish, 1523–1605
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Recto: Judith stands in the foreground, an upraised sword in her right hand. In her left hand she holds the severed head of Holofernes. A servant kneels, right, holding an open sack. The body of Holofernes is visible on a bed at left.
label: Description
content: Verso, left: Judith stands in the foreground, an upraised sword in her right
label: Description
content: hand. In her left hand she holds the severed head of Holofernes. A servant kneels, right, holding an open sack. The body of Holofernes is visible on a bed at left.
label: Description
content: Verso, right: Oval frame with seated putti above and figures flanking to the sides and below.
place: label: made in
content: Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of various donors
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1901-39-2676
objectType: label: Type
content: figures
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Recto: pen and brown ink, brush and brown and black washes over black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over black chalk on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15 × 10.8 cm (5 7/8 × 4 1/4 in.)