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Judith and the Head of Holofernes (Judith I)

1901

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The story

Viewers kept mistaking his Judith for Salome, so Klimt had his brother Georg make a metal frame engraved 'Judith und Holofernes'.

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Object details

Title: Judith and the Head of Holofernes (Judith I)
Artist: Gustav Klimt
Date: 1901
Culture: Austrian
Medium: Oil and gold on canvas
Object type: Paintings
Collection: Belvedere, Vienna
Credit line: Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain.
Object number: EFA.0181
Original image: 1473 × 3000 px
Source record: View on Wikimedia Commons
License evidence: See the license

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Gustav Klimt. Judith and the Head of Holofernes (Judith I). 1901. Belvedere, Vienna. Image source Wikimedia Commons. License Public domain. In The Secret Cabinet, https://thesecretcabinet.com/object/ea0181/

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