Mantegna, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Item

Title
Mantegna, Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Rights
National Gallery of Art, Public Domain.
Creator
Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506) or follower (possibly Giulio Campagnola)
Date
ca. 1495/1500
Description
Two women exit the pink and gold drapery of a tent. Inside there is a bed where the foot of a man is all that is seen of his laid down body. The woman on the right is wearing a blue dress which falls off of her shoulders, exposing her white underdress. Her head of auburn ringlets is turned away dismissively from the severed head of the man in the tent held in her left hand. She goes to place the head in the burlap sack offered to her by her companion, an older woman wearing a red and gold tunic and white headwrap.
Format
Painting. Tempera on poplar panel. 30.1 x 18.1 cm
Publisher
National Gallery of Art. 1942.9.42
Contributor
Abigail P.
Subject
Biblical scene; biblical story; Judith; maidservant; Holofernes war general; war tent; decapitation; sword; weapon; Italian Renaissance.
Source
Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The National Gallery of Art Digital Collection, Widener Collection. https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.1181.html, 3/7/2020.