The Reclining Headless Body of Holofernes; Study of Female Semi-Nude Figure (on a small separate, unrelated sheet of blue paper, pasted onto the lower left of the large sheet)
1625–40
Black chalk on brownish paper that may have been originally blue (Holofernes); black chalk on blue paper (female figure)
38.1 × 26 cm (15 × 10.2 in)
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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026
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