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Judith and Holofernes

painting by Andrea Mantegna or a follower (possibly Giulio Campagnola), National Gallery of Art
VisualArtwork painting Q3769182
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Summary

Judith and Holofernes is a painting[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of painting entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (273 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Andrea Mantegna[3]
  • Religion or worldview: Christianity[4]
  • Genre: religious art[5]
  • Based on: Book of Judith[6], Judith and Holofernes[7]
  • Depicts: Judith[8], woman[9], beheaded head[10]
  • Made from material: oil paint[11], panel[12]
  • Collection: National Gallery of Art[13]
  • Inventory number: 1942.9.42[14]
  • Location: National Gallery of Art[15]
  • Commons category: Judith with the Head of Holofernes by Andrea Mantegna (National Gallery of Art, Washington DC)[16]
  • Catalog code: 74[17], 30[18]
  • Inception: January 1, 1495[19]
  • Main subject: Judith and Holofernes[20]
  • Depicts Iconclass notation: 71U4274[21]
  • Title: Giuditta e l'ancella con la testa di Oloferne[22]
  • Different from: Judith[23]
  • Height: 30.1 cm[24]
  • Width: 18.1 cm[25]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://www.nga.gov/api/v1/iiif/presentation/manifest.json?cultObj:id=1181[26]
  • Copyright status: public domain[27]

Why It Matters

Judith and Holofernes has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Andrea Mantegna Book of Judith National Gallery of Art public domain

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . National Gallery of Art - Collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · ~2026-55152-70 · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Catalog code → 74, 30
    Wikipedia languages → ['arz', 'ca', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'he', 'it', 'ja', 'sl', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Height: 30.1 centimetre"
  2. 8w ago · Oursana · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Creator → Andrea Mantegna
    Location → National Gallery of Art
    Instance of → painting
    Inception → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Catalog code: 74"
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