Judith with the head of Holofernes, which she places into a sack held by the figure behind her, she bears a sword in her outstretched right arm

ca. 1520–40

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.7 x 9 cm)
Collection no.: 2012.136.291
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Parmigianino. Judith with the head of Holofernes, which she places into a sack held by the figure behind her, she bears a sword in her outstretched right arm. Parmigianino; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011. CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). Full-frame proportional resize and JPEG compression.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Judith with the head of Holofernes, which she places into a sack held by the figure behind her, she bears a sword in her outstretched right arm — Parmigianino. ca. 1520–40.

Medium: Etching and engraving. Dimensions: sheet: 6 3/16 x 3 9/16 in. (15.7 x 9 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Bequest of Phyllis Massar, 2011.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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