Judith putting Holofernes's head into a sack held open by a maid servant

SAENREDAM, Jan (Zaandam, 1565 - Assendelft, 1607), after Lucas van Leyden.
Judith putting Holofernes's head into a sack.
Engraving, c. 1600
283x209 mm.
Lettered at lower left "J. Saenredam sculp." and on the rock "L". In the margin two lines of text "Vincit ....  mouet".

Bibliography
Bartsch III.254.108
Hollstein 18.I
New Hollstein Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700 3
 

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At right a dedication "Adriano Stalpaert spectato eiui Leidensi Petrus vanden / Landen hoc amicitiæ & observantiæ monumentum / dedicauit". In lower right corner "D.B.".

Commented Works: Judith putting Holofernes's head into a sack, by Jan Saenredam.