Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Titles

Judith with the Head of Holofernes	[cda 2018]
Judith and Holofernes	[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-judith-and-holofernes-5287499-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

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The painting shows the jewish heroine saving her besieged town by seducing the enemy general Holofernes and killing him.

Attributions: Lucas Cranach the Elder
Lucas Cranach the Younger

Attributions

Lucas Cranach the Elder	[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-judith-and-holofernes-5287499-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018] [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 287]
Lucas Cranach the Younger	'Lukas Cranach I or II' [Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 287]

Production dates: about 1545
about 1545 - 1550

Production dates

about 1545	[Christie's Online database; https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/paintings/lucas-cranach-the-elder-judith-and-holofernes-5287499-details.aspx; accessed 20 Feb 2018]
about 1545 - 1550	[Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974, No. 287]

Dimensions: Dimensions of support: 21 x 14.6 cm

Dimensions

Dimensions of support: 21 x 14.6 cm
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Signature / Dating: Artist's insignia upper right: Serpent with dropped wings

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia upper right: Serpent with dropped wings

Owner: Private Collection
Repository: Private Collection

CDA ID: PRIVATE_NONE-P196
FR (1978) Nr.: FR-none
Persistent Link: https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P196/

Provenance

27 November 1963 auctioned at Sotheby's, London, anonymous sale, lot 55 (£2,000)
Lawrence Fleischman collection, New York
27 Jan 2010 auctioned at Christie's, New York, lot 7
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Exhibitions

Basel 1974, No. 287

Literature

Reference on page

Catalogue Number

Figure / Plate

Exhib. Cat. Basel 1974/1976

420

287

Fig. 235

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

Show Literature

Judith with the Head of Holofernes, about 1545

Images

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