Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Public Domain

Artist(s) / maker(s)

Jakob Frey (etchers)
,
Domenichino (after)

Date

ca. 1700 - 1750

Period

18th century

Collection

Museum of Fine Arts Ghent
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.

More about this work

Features
Artist(s) / maker(s) Jakob Frey , Domenichino VIAF RKD Wikidata
Types etching , reproductive prints AAT
Category prints (visual works) AAT
Material paper
Dimensions 391 x 314 mm
Location Work currently not on display
Object number 2015-LY
Description
Subjects religious symbolism AAT, figures (representations)
Tags Old Testament Iconclass, female sex; woman Iconclass, standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass, tent Iconclass, male sex; man Iconclass, old man Iconclass, child Iconclass, boy (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, girl (child between toddler and youth) Iconclass, Judith (one of the nine worthiest women) Iconclass, the book of Judith Iconclass, Judith shows Holofernes' head to the people Iconclass, head (human) Iconclass, maid ~ house personnel Iconclass, art (+ copy, copying ~ work of art) Iconclass, torch Iconclass, looking upwards Iconclass, helved weapons, polearms (for striking, hacking, thrusting): lance Iconclass
Linked open data
Data PURL https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/2015-LY
IIIF manifest https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/8909/manifest.json
LIDO XML https://datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_lido&identifier=oai:datahub.vlaamsekunstcollectie.be:mskgent.be:2015-LY
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