Judith Taking Holoferne’s Head
 
Date Description Source Reference
1455 - 1465 A.D.  B& W. One pavilion, roof dominated by central lantern, spikes along roof ridge, onion shaped apexes on either end of the roof, topped by small square banners (with three dots), the panels of the roof are decorated with ‘paired leaves’, the valance is decorated in a cross pattern on a dark background and along the bottom edge is a fringe, the guy ropes attach through the valance itself with two points of attachment, the walls are much decorated but plain on the inside, the guy rope pegs can clearly be seen on either side of the pavilion.  “9. Judith Taking Holoferne’s Head. Southern Netherlands, 1455 - 1465. Metropolitan Museum of Art.  Cavallo, A.S., Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, p. 191. 


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