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Judith with the Head of Holofernes (c. 1491-95)
Judith with the Head of Holofernes (c. 1491-95)
Public Domain
Artist
Attributed to Matteo di Giovanni
Artist Dates
c. 1430-1497
Artist Nationality
Italian
Title
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
Date
c. 1491-95
Medium
oil on panel
Dimensions
55.9 x 46.1 cm (22 x 18-1/8 in)
K Number
K496
Repository
Eskenazi Museum of Art
Accession Number
62.163
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Provenance

Piccolomini Family, Siena, Italy since 1530. Henry Pelham Archibald Douglas Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle [d. 1928], Newcastle-under-Lyme, Clumber Park; by inheritance to Henry Francis Hope Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle [1866-1941], and Henry Edward Hugh Pelham-Clinton-Hope, 9th Duke of Newcastle, Newcastle-under-Lyme, and Earl of Lincoln [1907-1988]; (Lincoln sale, Christie's, London, 4 June 1937, no.100 as attributed to Signorelli); (Giuseppe Bellesi, London); (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 20 October 1937;gift to the National Gallery of Art in1939; deaccessioned 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift 1961 to Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, no. 62.163.