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Andrea Mantegna
(1431 - 13th Sep, 1506)
Judith tenant la tête d'Holopherne
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
musée du Louvre
http://www.louvre.fr
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Keywords:
drapery
Judith
Holofernes
decapitation
Italian Renaissance
hairstyle
head (human body)
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Color #b2996e
Color #836539
Color #d8dcd6
Color #60460f
Color #8a6e45
Color #341c02
Color #b9a281
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About the artwork
Title:
Judith tenant la tête d'Holopherne
Periods:
15th century
renaissance
XVth century
Techniques:
pen (drawing)
wash with brown
vellum (paper)
brown ink
Dimensions:
310 x 235
Inventory number:
MI916
Location:
musée du Louvre
About the author(s)
Author:
Andrea Mantegna
Born:
1431
Dead:
13th Sep, 1506
Country:
Italie
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Andrea Mantegna
(Italian:
[anˈdrɛa manˈteɲɲa]
; c. 1431 – September 13, 1506) was an Italian painter, a student of Roman archeology, and son-in-law of Jacopo Bellini. Like other artists of the time, Mantegna experimented with perspective, e.g., by lowering the horizon in order to create a sense of greater monumentality. His flinty, metallic landscapes and somewhat stony figures give evidence of a fundamentally sculptural approach to painting. He also led a workshop that was the leading producer…
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