The round painting (tondo) is fitted in a square frame and depicts Judith between two servants. With delicately splayed fingers she demonstratively holds up a sword in her right hand. Her left hand grasps Holofernes' head by the hair. Judith stares resolutely at the viewer. [...] While the
The round painting (tondo) is fitted in a square frame and depicts Judith between two servants. With delicately splayed fingers she demonstratively holds up a sword in her right hand. Her left hand grasps Holofernes' head by the hair. Judith stares resolutely at the viewer. [...] While the figures emerge from a dark background, if the subject is considered the painting in general radiates an idiosyncratic calm. No blood is visible on the sword and only suggested on the severed head. Furthermore the contemporary attire of the three ladies is refined, and hardly differs in cut (with a deep neckline) and the colour of the material. Tight bodices, neckbands, pearl jewellery and young faces with rosy cheeks add an erotic element.
[Wolfgang Breul, Exhib. Cat. Mainz 2015, No. 3.20]
- Attribution
- Lucas Cranach the Elder
Attribution
| Lucas Cranach the Elder | [Sammlung Rau für Unicef, revised 2017] |
- Production date
- 1525
Production date
| 1525 | [dated] |
- Dimensions
- Dimensions of support: 14.6 cm (diameter)
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 14.6 cm (diameter)
Dimensions including frame: 37.8 x 37.7 x 7.5 cm
[Sammlung Rau für Unicef, revised 2017]
- Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1525'
Signature / Dating
Artist's insignia at the right: winged serpent with elevated wings and dated '1525'
[Sammlung Rau für Unicef, revised 2017]
- Owner
- Sammlung Rau für UNICEF
- Repository
- Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck
- Location
- Remagen
- CDA ID
- DE_SRU_GR1-691
- FR (1978) Nr.
- FR-none
- Persistent Link
- https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_SRU_GR1-691/
