Horace Vernet
Judith and Holofernes

ArtistFrench, 1789–1863
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Judith and Holofernes
Datec. 1830
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (33.5 × 26 cm)
frame: 19 × 16 1/4 in. (48.3 × 41.3 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase
Object number79.3
Non exposé

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Provenance[Museum purchase from Galerie B. G. Verte, Paris, March 17, 1979.]
Exhibition HistoryExhibited: “Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Baffer Foundation," touring Japan from April 13 thru October 3, 1999. Exhibition venues:The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, 13 April - 30 May 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Chiba, Japan, 5 June - 11 July 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, 17 July - 22 August 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan, 27 August - 3 October 1999. Exhibition catalogue (in Japanese only).

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