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Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Judith was a young Hebrew widow who, through divine intervention, was able to liberate the besieged town of Bethulia and save her people by seducing, and courageously beheading, the general of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar. Rather than the violent act of murder, Gramatica chose a more tranquil moment for his interpretation of the biblical story. The triumphant heroine is shown holding the sev…
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Creator
Type of item
- paintings (visual works)
- http://udcdata.info/065280
- Visual Works (hierarchy name)
- Visual arts
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Nationalmuseum, Sweden
Creation date
- 1610/1619
- 1610/1619
Provenance
- Transferred 1866 from Kongl. Museum
Identifier
- NM 11
- 17322
Extent
- Mått 120 x 93 cm
Format
- Oil on canvas
- Oil painting
Providing country
- Sweden
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2017-01-11T14:08:48.185Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2017-01-11T14:26:18.590Z