Lot Essay
The beautiful widow Judith enters the tent of the Assyrian General Holofernes and decapitates him before he can set out to destroy her home town of Bethulia
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LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH CARVED OAK CHEST, DEPICTING JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES
LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Bearded terms to the corners
32 in. (82 cm.) high; 51 ½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (55 cm.) deep
LATE 16TH / EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Bearded terms to the corners
32 in. (82 cm.) high; 51 ½ in. (131 cm.) wide; 21 ½ in. (55 cm.) deep
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