Judith with the Head of Holofernes
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1624–1627
name: label: Print Maker
content: Claude Mellan, French, 1598 - 1688
label: After
content: Virginia Vezzi, Italian, 1601 - 1638
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Half-length female figure, glance directed to the left, holding a sword and resting her left hand on a cloth partially covering the severed head of Holifernes. Below, two-line latin inscription and the artist's and engraver's names. Squared with red chalk.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-94-244
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 16.6 × 11.3 cm (6 9/16 × 4 7/16 in.)