Panel (Judith with the head of Holofernes, Possibly from an Altar Frontal)

Artwork Details

Date

c. 1590

Medium

Linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk, linen, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen in back, a variety of buttonhole, chain, square chain, cross, long-armed cross, eyelet, herring bone, threaded herringbone, knotted, interlocking lace, overcast, running, double running, satin, and stem stitches; couching; edged with linen and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped linen bobbin lace

Culture

Switzerland

Dimensions

843 × 470 px

Public Domain

Yes

Museum Record

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