Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Albrecht Altdorfer, German, 1480 - 1538

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about 1520-1526

Engraving on laid paper

Image: 2 9/16 × 1 9/16 in. (6.5 × 3.9 cm)

Sheet: 2 11/16 × 1 11/16 in. (6.8 × 4.3 cm)

Mount: 16 1/16 × 13 1/16 in. (40.8 × 33.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Dr. Franz H. Hirschland, Class of 1935P and 1939P

PR.948.52.2

Geography

Place Made: Germany, Europe

Period

1400-1600

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in plate, upper right: AA [artist's monogram A over A]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, upper center: N376; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, center: B1 / Altdorfer; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower center: Jan. 1903 / S.W.B. [indistinct]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower left: [indistinct]; reverse, inscribed, in graphite, lower right: 4010

Course History

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020

GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020

GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021

GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021

Exhibition History

Creating the Feminine: Representations of Biblical Women from Sixteenth-Century Germany, A Space for Dialogue 85, Sara E. Trautz, Class of 2015, Mellon Special Project Intern, Main Lobby, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, November 8-December 21, 2014.

Publication History

Sara E. Trautz, Creating the Feminine: Representations of Biblical Women from Sixteenth-Century Germany, A Space for Dialogue 85, Hanover, New Hampshire, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2014, checklist no. 1.

Provenance

Dr. Franz H. Hirschland (1880-1973), New York, New York; given to present collection, 1948.

Catalogue Raisonne

Bartsch 1, Hollstein 1, F. Winzinger, Albrecht Altdorfer Graphik, 1963, no. 158a

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