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Italian School, 17th century
Judith with the Head of Holofernes c.1600-99
Oil on canvas | 150.0 x 135.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external) | RCIN 402932
King's Withdrawing Room, Hampton Court Palace
Italian School, 17th century
Judith with the Head of Holofernes c.1600-99
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Judith, three-quarter-length, standing, in a blue dress with a red chemise, holds aloft the head of Holofernes in her left hand, a servant on her left; behind, and to the right, the decapitated body of Holofernes on a green curtained bed.
Provenance
First recorded in the Queen's Privy Chamber at Windsor Castle in 1688 (no 783), it remained here until 1776 as an overdoor with an attribution to Guido Reni; it re-surfaces in the Closet to the Cartoon Gallery at Hampton Court in 1835
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Oil on canvas
Measurements
150.0 x 135.0 cm (support, canvas/panel/stretcher external)
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