Judith holds up the head of Holofernes before a crowd of Israelites, her maid holds the sack. The print was made after one of the pendentives by Domenichino in the Bandini chapel at San Silvestro al Quirinale in Rome.
| Artist |
Jakob Frey
RKD
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Domenichino
RKD
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| Title | Judith with the Head of Holofernes |
| Date | ca. 1700 - 1750 |
| Period | 18th century |
| Medium and support | etching AAT |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | printed inscription outside the depiction, bottom left: Dominichin pinx. |
| printed inscription bottom right, outside the depiction: Iacob Frey Inc. R.S.p. | |
| printed inscription outside the depiction, below: Erit memoriale nominis tui, cum manus foeminae deiecerit eum. Judith Cap.9 | |
| Collection | print room |
| Object type |
etching
AAT
reproductive prints AAT |
| Inventory number | 2015-LY |
| Acquisition credit | unknown |
| Current whereabouts | Work currently not on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LY |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8909/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
300055874
religious symbolism
AAT
300189808 figures (representations) AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A221
head (human)
Iconclass
31A71 male sex; man Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31B6211 looking upwards Iconclass 31D112 child Iconclass 31D11221 boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D11222 girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass 31D16 old man Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 41B32 torch Iconclass 42F51 maid ~ house personnel Iconclass 45C14(LANCE) helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance Iconclass 46AA1262 Judith (one of the nine worthiest women) Iconclass 48(+431) art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71U the book of Judith Iconclass 71U432 Judith shows Holofernes' head to the people Iconclass |
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