Judith with the Head of Holofernes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1585 – 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, holding the head of Holofernes in her left hand and raising her sword in her right. Her servant, whose back is to the viewer, kneels in the foreground at left, holding out a sack to receive the head. Holofernes's corpse is visible in the background at right.
label: Description
content: Verso: Christ appears in glory among clouds at the center of the image. Figures gather below, with Mary kneeling at center right and angels beyond. The heavens open above.
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: 1901-39-2639
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 black chalk on laid paper Verso: pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 10.7 × 7.1 cm (4 3/16 × 2 13/16 in.)