6/9/11

Adam Elsheimer, Judith Beheading Holofernes


Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London

Date: 1601-03
Technique: Oil on silvered copper, 24.2 x 18.7 cm

This painting is the first work by Adam Elsheimer on a silver ground. This technical innovation may in part account for the work's relatively small size.

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