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Drawing, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1590s

This is a Drawing. It was created by Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus. It is dated 1590s and we acquired it in 1901. Its medium is pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase through gift of various donors.

Its dimensions are

10.8 × 7.2 cm (4 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Verso, numbered in pen and ink at upper center: . 4. Verso, inscribed in pen and ink within composition: creste figurata / lascensione

Cite this object as

Drawing, Judith with the Head of Holofernes, 1590s; Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (Flemish, 1523–1605); Netherlands; pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash on off-white laid paper; 10.8 × 7.2 cm (4 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Museum purchase through gift of various donors; 1901-39-2639

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