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Johann Gottlieb Prestel
Judith and Holofernes

Not on view
Engraving on cream paper, two-part composition: reclining male nude in a spandrel at left; two draped women at right, one veiled and one carrying a platter with a severed head

Johann Gottlieb Prestel, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Judith and Holofernes, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Alfred and Esther Norris, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Johann Gottlieb Prestel
Germany, Gronenbach, 1739-1808
After
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1475-1564
Title
Judith and Holofernes
Place Made
Germany
Medium
Etching and aqutaint
Dimensions
Sheet: 9 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (25.08 × 39.69 cm) Image: 9 7/8 × 15 5/8 in. (25.08 × 39.69 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred and Esther Norris
Accession Number
M.83.318.85
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings