Judith and Holofernes

Not on View

Medium

pen and brown ink with brown and gray wash on laid paper; laid down

Dimensions

overall: 26.8 x 41.3 cm (10 9/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Accession Number

1987.31.1

Artists / Makers

Hans von Aachen (artist) German, 1552 - 1615

Image Use

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Inscription

in later hand, lower center in graphite: Coll. DD; in later hand, lower center in graphite: Paolo Farinati; in later hand, crossed over, lower right in graphite: Bartholom aeus; in later hand, cropped at margin, lower right in brown ink: Paul. Fa; in later hand, upper left in graphite : P.FARINATI; in later hand, center left in graphite: Z6[?]; in later hand, lower left in graphite: No6; in later hand, within square, lower right in graphite: TTZSS

Provenance

(Galerie Kurt Meissner); acquired 1987 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Galerie Kurt Meissner

Exhibition History

1997: "Rudolf II and Prague: The Imperial Court and Residential City as the Cultural and Spiritual Heart of Central Europe", Prague Castle Picture Gallery, 1997, no. 136.

Bibliography

2010: Fusenig, Thomas, ed. Hans von Aachen (1552-1615), Court Artist in Europe. Exh. cat. Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen. Berlin, 2010: under nos. 8 and 82.