Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Aegidius Sadeler II, after Hans von Aachen

Associated Names
Aegidius Sadeler II

Artist, Flemish, c. 1570 - 1629

Jan Sadeler I

Publisher, Netherlandish, 1550 - 1600

Hans von Aachen

Artist After, German, 1552 - 1615

This is a drawing of a woman holding a sword aloft with one hand and a severed head by the hair in the other, while another figure kneels beside her. The tent backdrop features detailed drapery and tassels, and the scene is skillfully rendered in a monochromatic palette with sharp lines and shading. The figures have classical features, and the scene is framed by ornate script.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.8 x 20.4 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 30 x 20.4 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.650

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no 1, State i/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., Ltd., London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased June 19, 1978; Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger; no. 1, i/ii

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. Hans von Aachen. Compiled by Joachim Jacoby and edited by Ger Luijten and Robert Zijlma. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Publishers, 1996, no. 1, i/ii.

Inscriptions

below image: Faemina, uina, dapes, martem strauêre potentem, / Seruarunt patriam faemina, liimpha, preces. / Hîc uel in imbelli grid sobria pectora sexu / Possint, inqué viro mens temulenta, patet / H: van Ach: Inue: / Egidi Sadeler Sculp Ioan Sadeler exc:

Wikidata ID

Q76557567

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