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'Judith and Holofernes', 1870. Artist: Unknown
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Title:
'Judith and Holofernes', 1870. Artist: Unknown
Caption:
'Judith and Holofernes', 1870. After the painting of c1495 by Andrea Mantegna in the collection of the Louvre, Paris. The Jewish heroine Judith was living in Bethulia when it was besieged by the Assyrian army commanded by Holofernes. She inveigled herself into his tent, cut off his head and took it back to Bethulia, so saving the town. The incident is described in the book of Judith from the Apocrypha. A print from Les Chef D'oeuvre de la Peinture Italienne by Paul Mantz, Paris, 1870.
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Credit:
Album / The Print Collector / Heritage Images
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3510 x 4995 px | 50.2 MB
Print size:
29.7 x 42.3 cm | 11.7 x 16.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
15 15TH XV XVTH FIFTEENTH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY • 15TH CENTURY; • 19TH CENTURY • 2 • ADRIEN MARIE; MARIE • ADRIEN • ANDREA MANTEGNA • ANDREA • ART • ARTS • ASSASSIN • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • BEHEADED • BEHEADING • BIBLE SCENE • BIBLE • BIBLICAL • BLACK & WHITE • BLACK AND WHITE • CENTURY • CHRISTIANISM • CHRISTIANITY • CONCEPT • COUNTRY • CRIME • CRIMINAL • CRISTIANDAD • CRISTIANISMO • CROOK • CULT, JEWISH • DEATH • DECAPITATED • DECAPITATION • DELINQUENT • ENGRAVING • FEMALE • FIFTEENTH CENTURY • GENERAL • HEROINE • HOLOFERNES • ITALIA • ITALIAN • ITALY • JEW • JEWISH RELIGION • JEWISH • JUDAISM • JUDAISMO • JUDITH • KILL • KILLER • KILLING • KING • LADY • LOCATION • MANTEGNA • MANTZ • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MIDDLE AGES • MONARCH • MONOCHROMATIC • MONOCHROME • MURDER • MURDERER • NINETEENTH CENTURY • OLD TESTAMENT • PAINTING • PAUL MANTZ • PAUL • PEOPLE • RELIGION JUDIA • RELIGION • RELIGION: JEWISH • RELIGIOUS • RENAISSANCE • ROYAL • ROYALTY • SIGLO XV • SOVEREIGN • VENETIAN • WOMAN • WOMEN
