Gallery label
A poised exchange at the tent opening turns the severed head into an object passed between two women—and attribution remains part of the work's history.
Look closely
Rigid tent flaps frame Judith like a classical relief. Her arm makes a measured bridge to the maid below; coordination, not impact, is the subject.
Why this Judith matters
The cautious attribution is evidence of how workshop practice, replication, drawing, and engraving carried Judith's gestures across authorship.
Sources for this record:National Gallery of Art record ↗
“A poised exchange at the tent opening turns the severed head into an object passed between two women—and attribution remains part of the work's history.”
Narrative index
Primary catalogue placement: the head in the bag, Judith 13:9–10. The index organizes comparison; it does not claim that every visual detail comes from those verses or that the work touches only one episode.
