Head of Holofernes (?)

Titles

Head of Holofernes (?)	[cda 2021]
Head of St John the Baptist (?)	[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Belvedere Vienna, revised 2021]

This fragment shows a severed head with the eyes half closed and the mouth open, resting on red fabric against a green background. It is probably from an originally larger composition, which may have included either Salome or Judith.

[cda 2021]

Attribution: Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Follower of Lucas Cranach the Elder

Follower of the Cranach-Workshop (?) [Belvedere Vienna, revised 2021]

Production date: about 1600

Production date

about 1600

(?) [Belvedere Wien, revised 2021]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 26 × 30 cm (fragment)

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 26 × 30 cm (fragment)
[Belvedere Vienna, revised 2021]

Signature / Dating: None

Owner: Schloss Belvedere, Vienna
Repository: Schloss Belvedere, Vienna
Location: Vienna

CDA ID: AT_BW_SLM138
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/AT_BW_SLM138/

Provenance

donation from the Maurer Collection
[Belvedere Vienna, revised 2021]

Head of Holofernes (?), about 1600

Images

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