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Tempera on paper copy of the tempera on panel painting of "Discovering Holopherne's body" by Sandro Botticelli, currently in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy, executed ca 1469-1470. In Renaissance art, the biblical story of Judith, the heroine who killed Holophernes, oppressor of her people, was frequently selected to symbolize liberty and victory over tyranny. This work executed about 1870. Name of artist inscribed on verso as Paul ... (illegible). Set in a handsome gilt frame of the 1870 period.