Copy after Guercino’s Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Artistworskhop of
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
(Italian, 1591 - 1666)
Date1650s
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions64 3/4 x 80 x 6 1/2 in. (164.5 x 203.2 x 16.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN125
On View
Not on viewDuke of Westminster Sale. Christie's ( July 4, 1941) cat. no. 14.
Tomory, Peter. Catalogue of the Italian Paintings before 1800(Sarasota: 1976) cat. no. 193.
Brejon de Lavergnée, Arnauld and Nathalie Volle. Musées de France: Répertoire des peintures italiennes du XVIIe siècle (Paris: 1988) p. 191.
Salerno, Luigi. I Dipinti del Guercino (Roma: 1988)cat. no. 277, ill.
Uppenkamp, Bettina. Judith und Holofernes in der italienischen Malerei des Barock (Berlin: 2004) p. 67.
Malvasia, C. Felsina Pittrice. Bologna 1678, vol. ii, page 378.
Félibien, M. Entretiens sur les vies des paintres. London, 1705, vol. iii, page 414.
Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri)
after 1655
