Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1465/80 · Italy

Engraving in blue-gray on ivory laid paper, laid down on cream laid paper

And she smote twise vpon his necke with all her might, and she tooke away his head from him,
JUDITH 13:8 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Potter Palmer, II

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