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[Judith with the Head of Holophernes.]
[Judith with the Head of Holophernes.] ALT: 36. LAT, 30. unc.
Venetiano Pinxit. v. Prenner inci.
[n.c., c.1730.]
Very fine mezzotint. Sheet 230 x 170mm (9 x 6¾"). Trimmed to image on three sides, mounted in album paper.
A candlelit scene of Judith with the head of the Assyrian general Holophernes, her servant holding open a sack. From a painting by Carlo Saraceni (1579-1620), painted c.1610, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (Gemäldegalerie, 41). Engraved by Anton Joseph von Prenner (1683-1761) for 'Theatrum artis pictoriae', an ambitious plan to publish 30 volumes of prints representing the entire Imperial art collection in Stallburg, Vienna. Only four were published, each containing 40 plates.
[Ref: 60161]   £280.00   (£336.00 incl.VAT)
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[Judith with the head of Holofernes]
[Judith with the head of Holofernes] Carol. Venetianus Pinxit Alta 4 P 8 dig lata 3 palm 7 dig.
Jacob Männl. S.C.M. Chalcograph delineavit et sculpsit.
[n.d. c.1700]
Fine early 18th century watermarked mezzotint, 275 x 220mm (10¾ x 8¾"). Thread margins. Tipped into album sheet at sides.
From the series 'Pièces gravées d'après les tableaux de la gallerie impériale royale de Vienne' a series of mezzotints after paintings in the imperial collection in Vienna. Depiction of the tale from the Old Testament Book of Judith. Judith holds the head of the Assyrian General Holofernes by a maid who carries a candle and opens a sack with her other hand and teeth.
[Ref: 61612]   £360.00  
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