# Compositional Sketch for "Judith and Holofernes" [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MICHELANGELO Buonarroti]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Pen and ink, 405 x 225 mm ## Commentary Compositional Sketch for "Judith and Holofernes" c. 1508 Pen and ink, 405 x 225 mm Teylers Museum, Haarlem The verso of this sheet represents a compositional sketch for the depiction of Judith and Holofernes. It is an early study for Michelangelo's <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/3sistina/5spandre/00\_1pe1.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/3sistina/5spandre/00\_1pe1.html">pendentive fresco</a> in the Sistine Chapel. The recto of the sheet contains a study of a soldier fastening his comrade's armour at the shoulder. ## Related artworks - [A Man Lifting a Boar onto his Shoulder \(verso\)]() - [Abraham - Isaac - Jacob - Judah]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud \(detail\)]() - [Achim - Eliud]() - [Aeneas with a Boy \(recto\)]() - [Allegorical figure]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab \(detail\)]() - [Amminadab]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() - [Ancestors of Christ: figures \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()