Medium
Etching
Dimensions
sheet: 6 1/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.4 x 9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926
Accession Number
26.70.3(86)
Tags
Art Historical Context
This exquisite etching, titled *Judith* and dating to the 16th, hails from the Italian Renaissance tradition. Attributed variably to an anonymous Italian or the Mannerist master ParmigianinoGirolamo Francesco Mariaola, 1503–1540), it captures the biblical heroine Judith in a dramatic moment, sword in hand—likely triumphant over the severed head of the Assyrian general Holofer. Measuring just 6 1/16 x 3 9/16 inches, its intimate scale made it ideal for collectors and study, now housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, acquired via the Harris Brisbane Dick Fund ...