Judith

Titles

Judith

[CDA 2010]

Painting on wood (poplar/ beech wood?)

Medium

Painting on wood (poplar/ beech wood?)

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Judith wears rich contemporary clothes. She rests Holofernes head, which faces left, on a table with her left hand. She holds a sword under his head with her right hand. The background is dark.

[Gemäldegalerie Berlin, Unsinn 2010]

Attribution: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Production date: 1531

Production date

1531

[dated]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 72 x 56 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 72 x 56 cm
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia to the right above the centre: winged serpent and dated '1531'.

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia to the right above the centre: winged serpent and dated '1531'.

Owner: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Repository: Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Location: Aachen

CDA ID: DE_smbGG_636A
FR (1978) Nr.: FR230G
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/DE_smbGG_636A/

Provenance

1874 acquired with the Suermondt Collection
since 1967 on loan to the Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen
[Gemäldegalerie, revised 2010]

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Cat. Berlin 1996

Fig. 76

Author	Rainald Grosshans, Henning Bock
Editor	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie
Title	Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Gesamtverzeichnis
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1996

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979

117

No. 230G

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Editor	G. Schwartz
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Basel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1979

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Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

415, 418,

Fig. 231

Author	Dieter Koepplin, Tilman Falk
Title	Lukas Cranach. Gemälde, Zeichnungen und Druckgraphik
Volume	1, 2
Place of Publication	Basel, Stuttgart
Year of Publication	1974
Link	http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-diglit-104522

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Auct. Cat. Paris 1962

Lot 1

Editor	Palais Galliera, Paris
Title	Mme B. de B. coll, Paris, Auction Catalogue, Palais Galliera, 10. April 1962
Place of Publication	Paris
Year of Publication	1962

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Exhib. Cat. Berlin 1937

086

Editor	Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Title	Lucas Cranach d. Ä. und Lucas Cranach d. J. Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Graphik
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1937

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Cat. Aachen 1932

No. 104

Author	Ida M. Schmitz
Editor	Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Title	Gemälde-Katalog. Suermondt-Museum, Aachen
Place of Publication	Aachen
Year of Publication	1932

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Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932

190

Author	Max J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
Title	Die Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of Publication	Berlin
Year of Publication	1932
Link	http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

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Flechsig 1900 A

274

Author	Eduard Flechsig
Title	Cranachstudien
Volume	1
Place of Publication	Leipzig
Year of Publication	1900
Link	page/n5/mode/2up

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Judith, 1531

Images

Technical studies

06. 2015Technical examination / Scientific analysis

Infrared reflectography

Underdrawing

DESCRIPTION

An underdrawing is not readily visible. Changes to the pattern of the dress in the chest area are visible where the material was initially decorated with a design similar to that on the sleeves.

[Sandner, Smith-Contini, Heydenreich, cda 2016]

photographed by Ingo Sandner
photographed by Gunnar Heydenreich

Citing from the Cranach Digital Archive

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