Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612)
after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)
Judith Addressing the Elders of Bethulia, plate three from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
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Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612)
after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)1564
Judith Addressing the Elders of Bethulia, plate three from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574) →engravingpaper
Date
1564
Medium
Engraving in black on ivory laid paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.2 × 24.8 cm (8 × 9 13/16 in.); Plate: 20.4 × 25 cm (8 1/16 × 9 7/8 in.); Sheet: 23.3 × 28.4 cm (9 3/16 × 11 3/16 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Ursula and R. Stanley Johnson in honor of Douglas Druick
Since the Renaissance the biblical story of the wily widow Judith’s slaying of the Assyrian general Holofernes appeared in a multitude of artworks. Yet rarely has the narrative been shown in full. These Philip Galle engravings tell much more of the story, from the hatching of the diabolical Assyrian plot to conquer the Israelites to the moment Holofernes’s body is discovered. The members of the prolific Galle family of printmakers were effective at translating Maarten van Heemskerck’s heroically muscular style into print.
Also notable
Works in the same vein
Judith Slaying Holofernes, plate six from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)
Judith Displaying Holofernes's Head to the People of Bethulia, plate seven from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)
Achior Pleading with Holofernes for the Israelites, plate one from The Story of Judith and Holofernes
Philip Galle (Netherlandish, 1537-1612) after Maarten van Heemskerck (Dutch, 1498-1574)
