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Christoffel van Sichem I, after Hendrik Goltzius

Christoffel van Sichem I: Dutch, c. 1546 - 1624

Hendrick Goltzius: Dutch, 1558 - 1617

Judith with the Head of Holofernes: woodcut on laid paper; sheet: 13.5 x 10.3 cm (5 5/16 x 4 1/16 in.); Hollstein, no. 131, State only; Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen; 2012.92.648; Not on View

Inscription

in image, at bottom left: CVSichem. scal; in image, at bottom right: HG.

Provenance

Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C. (not in Lugt); Gift to NGA, 2012.

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. 131, only

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