Artwork
Holofernes Interrogating Achior
Holofernes Interrogating Achior is an ink print by the Renaissance artist French 16th Century. It dates from 1575 and is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. This scene is packed with figures in armor and robes, crowded around a central conversation.
- Inscription
- Inscribed:across top in plate: Holoferne interroge Achior de le force du peuple d'Ifrael, qui pour auoir dit la verite eft lie a vn arbre.; across bottom in plate: Le Prince ... pure verite.
Artist & collection
Artist
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