Judith and Holofernes

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Artist Horace Vernet (French, 1789–1863)French, 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

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

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).
Published References Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, published by the Museum of Art, Ehime; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum; Mie Prefectural Art Museum; Fukuoka Art Museum; and the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Japan Association of Art Museums, 1999. (Exhibition catalogue in Japanese only.) p. 164, illus. p. 165, cat. no. 56.

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