Judith with the head of Holofernes

Judith with the head of Holofernes

Title

Judith with the head of Holofernes

[Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/huisbergh/voorwerp-0044, accessed 20-02-2018]

Painting on softwood

Medium

Painting on softwood

[Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, [Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/huisbergh/voorwerp-0044, accessed 20-02-2018]

The painting shows Judith as a half-length figure against a dark background, facing left. Her robe is red with touches of green and white. She wears a red hat decorated with ostrich feathers on her head and holds a sword in her right hand. The decapitated head of Holofernes rests

The painting shows Judith as a half-length figure against a dark background, facing left. Her robe is red with touches of green and white. She wears a red hat decorated with ostrich feathers on her head and holds a sword in her right hand. The decapitated head of Holofernes rests on the table in front of her. There is an inscription at the top right.

[cda 2018]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/huisbergh/voorwerp-0044, accessed 20-02-2018]

Production date
after 1530

Production date

after 1530

[Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/huisbergh/voorwerp-0044, accessed 20-02-2018]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 19 x 15 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 19 x 15 cm

  • Dimensions including frame: 32.2 x 27.9 x 5.2 cm

  • [Datenbank Collectie Gelderland, http://www.collectiegelderland.nl/organisaties/huisbergh/voorwerp-0044, accessed 20-02-2018]

Signature / Dating

None

Inscriptions and Labels

Top left: 'Jüdith'
[cda 2018]

Inscriptions and Labels

Inscriptions, Badges:

  • Top left: 'Jüdith'

  • [cda 2018]

Owner
Collection Huis Bergh Castle, 's-Heerenberg
Repository
Collection Huis Bergh Castle, 's-Heerenberg
Location
Heerenberg, 's-
CDA ID
NL_SSHBH_44
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/NL_SSHBH_44/
  • Judith with the head of Holofernes, after 1530

Images

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Versions

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes, about 1700 - 1780
  • DE_mhmbw_BBAO3485
  • Painting
  • Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr, Dresden
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes, after 1540
  • DE_SAOH_2014-IIIc
  • Painting
  • Stiftung August Ohm, Hamburg
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes, about 1530
  • US_MMANY_11-15
  • Painting
  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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