Sujet
'Judith and Holofernes', 1870. Artist: Unknown
Légende
'Judith and Holofernes', 1870. After the painting of c1495 by Andrea Mantegna in the collection of the Louvre, Paris. The Jewish heroine Judith was living in Bethulia when it was besieged by the Assyrian army commanded by Holofernes. She inveigled herself into his tent, cut off his head and took it back to Bethulia, so saving the town. The incident is described in the book of Judith from the Apocrypha. A print from Les Chef D'oeuvre de la Peinture Italienne by Paul Mantz, Paris, 1870.
The Print Collector collection
Date
1870
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM19C54_209
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,2Mo (5,3Mo) / 29,7cm x 42,3cm / 3510 x 4995 (300dpi)