Judith with a sword holding the head of Holofernes. Coloured lithograph by F. Hanfstaengel after A. Varotari, il Padovanino.

  • Padovanino, 1588-1648.
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21511i
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Vorzüglichsten Gemälde der königlichen Galerie in Dresden.
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Bible, Apocrypha, Book of Judith. Judith, a beautiful Judean widow, infiltrates the camp of the Assyrian army that is besieging her city and seduces the chief captain, Holofernes. She beheads him after he has collapsed into a drunken sleep

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Dresden (Koenigl. Gemaelde Galerie) : Franz Hanfstaengl

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1 print : lithograph, with watercolour ; image 38 x 29.9 cm

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Judith. Original Gemälde von Alessandro Varotari gen. Padovanino. Auf Stein gez. v. F. Hanfstaengl. Gedruckt bei dem Herausgeber. Königl. Gemälde Galerie in Dresden. Herausgegeben v. Franz. Hanfstaengl.

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Wellcome Collection 21511i

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After: a painting in the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden

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