Judith with the head of Holofernes

GALLE, Philips (Haarlem, 1537-1612), after Maarten van Heemskerck.

Judith with the head of Holofernes. From Exemplary women from the Old and New Testament series (8 plates).

Engraving, c. 1560

218x252 mm.

Lettered upper right "IUDITH". Below left corner "Martini Petri excu".

Bibliography:

New Hollstein 268.I

Lettered in the margin two lines "MACTA IUDITH VIRTUTE TUA TUUS ET SUPERUM HOSTIS, / CONCIDIT, ET PATRIA EST LIBERA FACTA MANU,".