Jan Saenredam1575

Judith

Judith stands resolute after delivering her besieged city, having gone into the enemy camp and struck down the commander Holofernes (Judith 13). An engraving by the Dutch artist Jan Saenredam (1575).

Judith by Jan Saenredam depicting Judith 13
View full resolutionPublic domain via Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Object number RP-P-1900-A-22005.Source

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About Jan Saenredam

1565-1607 · Dutch

Jan Saenredam was a Dutch engraver trained under Hendrick Goltzius whose biblical plates — often reproducing compositions by Cornelis van Haarlem and Abraham Bloemaert — circulated widely across seventeenth-century Europe.