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Barthel Beham

Judith, half-length and in profile to the left, a sword in her right hand and the head of Holofernes in her left hand, an open window at top left

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8.2 × 6.6 cm (3.2 × 2.6 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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