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AFTER CRISTOFANO ALLORI | JUDITH WITH THE SEVERED HEAD OF HOLOFERNES

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February 4, 05:43 PM GMT

Estimate

10,000 - 15,000 USD

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Description

AFTER CRISTOFANO ALLORI

JUDITH WITH THE SEVERED HEAD OF HOLOFERNES


oil on panel laid down on panel

panel: 13⅝ by 11 in.; 5.36 by 4.33 cm.

framed: 19½ by 16¾ in.; 41.9 by 42.5 cm.

This painting is a 19th century copy after Cristofano Allori's original canvas in the Buckingham Palace, London.1 This became one of Allori’s best-known compositions, as the existence of numerous versions of the subject by the artist and his workshop attests.


1. Oil on canvas, 120.4 by 100.3 cm, inv. no. RCIN 404989. See https://www.rct.uk/collection/404989/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes