Judith preparing to visit Holofernes in his tent

Details

Andrea Boscoli (Florence 1560-1607)
Judith preparing to visit Holofernes in his tent
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, inscribed as a lunette
6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (15.6 x 20.7 cm.)

Provenance

A.P.E. Gasc (L. 1131).
W. Bateson (L. 2604a).
B. Himmelheber (L. 4035), and by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Another drawing by Boscoli, showing Judith before Holofernes, which is similar in size and execution and also inscribed as a lunette, is in the Albertina, Vienna (Inv. 674; V. Birke and J. Kertész, Die Italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina, Vienna, Cologne and Weimar, I, 1992, p. 362).

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