Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Medium
Oil on copper
Dimensions
14 1/2 x 10 3/8 in. (36.8 x 26.4 cm)
Classification
Paintings
Department
European Paintings
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gouverneur Kemble, 1872
Accession Number
72.2
Tags
TentsHeadsWomenHolofernesJudithServants
About the Artist
David Teniers the Younger · 1610–1690
David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690) was a Flemish painter who became one of the most versatile and prolific artists of the seventeenth-century Southern Netherlands, renowned for his peasant genre scenes, elegant gallery paintings, and his role as court painter and curator. Born in Antwerp, he trained under his father, David Teniers the Elder, and was influenced by Adriaen Brouwer's peasant subje...