2021.300: Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2021.300

People

Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
After Bartholomeus Spranger, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1546 - 1611 Prague)

Title

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

c. 1586-1587

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/370266

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving on off-white antique laid paper

Technique

Engraving

Dimensions

sheet diameter: 17 cm (6 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: in plate, top: B Spranger Inue. / HGoltzius Sculp.
• inscription: in plate, around edge: Nemo Suis nimium confidat Viribus, ausis Nemo Suis temerè; Docet hoc Holophernis amarus Exitus; en diri caela ceruice Tyranni Te saluam Judith memoranda Bethulia fecit.
• collector's mark: verso, center, brown ink: G Storck a Milano 1797 / No 1092 / 40 [Giuseppe Storck, Milan; Lugt 2318]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Giuseppe Storck, Milan (Lugt 2318). [Hill-Stone, New York], sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1998, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State

i/ii

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 317; Bartsch 272; New Hollstein 336

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection

Accession Year

2021

Object Number

2021.300

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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