The painting depicts the old testament heroin Judith as a half-length figure in contemporary dress. She is inclined slightly to the left and holds a sword in her right hand. In her left hand she holds the decapitated head of Holoferenes, which lies on a sort of balustrade in front
The painting depicts the old testament heroin Judith as a half-length figure in contemporary dress. She is inclined slightly to the left and holds a sword in her right hand. In her left hand she holds the decapitated head of Holoferenes, which lies on a sort of balustrade in front of her.
The background is dark, but the window on the right indicates that she is standing in a room. The window opens out onto a mountainous landscape with a castle.
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011] |
- Production date
- 1530
Production date
1530 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 74.9 x 56 cm
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 74.9 x 56 cm
[Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten, Berlin - Brandenburg, revised 2011]
- Signature / Dating
- Artist's insignia below the window: winged serpent (with elevated wings) and date '1530'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia below the window: winged serpent (with elevated wings) and date '1530'
- Owner
- Stiftung Preussische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg
- Repository
- Grunewald hunting lodge
- Location
- Grunewald
- CDA ID
- DE_SPSG_GKI1182
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR234
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SPSG_GKI1182/