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 at center, facing left. She holds the head of Holofernes in her left hand and raises her sword in her right. Her servant, kneeling in the foreground at left, holds out a sack to take the head. Holofernes's corpse is visible in the background at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Oval composition, wreath-like, contained within a rectangular frame. Figures identified as gods fill the oval form, with Jupiter and an eagle at upper center.
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: 1901-39-2640
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 wash, with opaque white watercolor on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.9 × 7.6 cm (4 5/16 × 3 in.)