Larcher, Judith with her foot on the head of Holofernes
Item
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Title
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Larcher, Judith with her foot on the head of Holofernes
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Rights
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Public Domain.
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Creator
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Antoinette Larcher (1685-?)
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After Giorgone (1478-1510)
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Date
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ca. 1729
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Description
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Made after Giorgone's 1504 oil painting "Judith," a woman stands in front of a brick fence before a pastoral landscape. She is alone save for the severed head of a man she is holding down with her left foot. She is a fair maiden, with Mona Lisa-like features and hair pulled away from her face. She is wearing an Arthurian gown, a grand sword gripped in her right hand.
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Format
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Print. Etching and engraving.
Plate: 12 × 7 11/16 in.
Sheet: 20 7/8 × 15 1/4 in.
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Publisher
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 60.708(44)
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Contributor
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Abigail P.
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Subject
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Biblical story; biblical scene; Judith; Holofernes; war general; decapitation; sword; after Giorgone.
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Source
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Jpeg file. Unknown photographer. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Digital Collection. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/817139, 3/22/20.