The Old Testament heroine Judith decapitated Holofernes the besieger of her native town, after she had beguiled him with her allure. Wearing a fashionable contemporary dress and a large hat with a feather Judith stands behind a balustrade upon which she has placed Holofernes' head. In her left hand she
The Old Testament heroine Judith decapitated Holofernes the besieger of her native town, after she had beguiled him with her allure. Wearing a fashionable contemporary dress and a large hat with a feather Judith stands behind a balustrade upon which she has placed Holofernes' head. In her left hand she holds the sword with which she completed the deed.
[cda 2023]
- Attribution
- Hans Kemmer (?)
Attribution
Hans Kemmer (?) | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 37] [Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 15] |
- Production date
- about 1525
Production date
about 1525 | [Exhib. Cat. Lübeck 2021, no. 37]; (?) [Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 15] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 85 x 54 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 85 x 54 cm
[Exhib. Cat. Wroclaw 2017, no. 15]
- Signature / Dating
None
- Owner
- Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
- Repository
- Muzeum Narodowe we Wroclawiu
- Location
- Wroclaw
- CDA ID
- PL_MNWr_VIII-2670
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/PL_MNWr_VIII-2670/