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Andrea Boscoli (Florence 1560-1607)
Lot 2

Andrea Boscoli (Florence 1560-1607)

Judith preparing to visit Holofernes in his tent

Closed5 July 2016

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Andrea Boscoli (Florence 1560-1607)
Judith preparing to visit Holofernes in his tent
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, inscribed as a lunette
6 1/8 x 8 1/8 in. (15.6 x 20.7 cm.)

A.P.E. Gasc (L. 1131).
W. Bateson (L. 2604a).
B. Himmelheber (L. 4035), and by descent to the present owner.

Specialist note

Another drawing by Boscoli, showing Judith before Holofernes, which is similar in size and execution and also inscribed as a lunette, is in the Albertina, Vienna (Inv. 674; V. Birke and J. Kertész, Die Italienischen Zeichnungen der Albertina, Vienna, Cologne and Weimar, I, 1992, p. 362).