Judith

Judith

Title

Judith

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 231]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 231]

The Old Testament heroine Judith beheaded Holofernes the besieger of her home town, after she had seduced him with her appeal. In this painting Judith is shown wearing a sumptuous dress, standing in front of a black background behind a balustrade, on which she rests the severed head she is

The Old Testament heroine Judith beheaded Holofernes the besieger of her home town, after she had seduced him with her appeal. In this painting Judith is shown wearing a sumptuous dress, standing in front of a black background behind a balustrade, on which she rests the severed head she is holding. In her right hand Judith presents the sword with which she commited the act. She also wears a broad-brimmed hat over an embroidered snood and has a collar and a large linked chain around her neck.

[Daniel Görres, cda 2018]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 231]

Production date
about 1530

Production date

about 1530

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 231]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: unknown

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: unknown

  • [Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, no. 231]

Signature / Dating

None

Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P214
FR (1978) Nr.
FR231
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P214/

Provenance

  • Paris, auction of the collection of Mme. B. de B., Palais Galliera, 10 April 1962, no. 1

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 231
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Show Literature
  • Judith, about 1530

Images

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Versions

Judith with the Head of Holofernes
  • Judith with the Head of Holofernes, about 1525
  • CZ_KKPSP_O626
  • Painting
  • Královská kanonie premonstrátu na Strahove, Praha (Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov, Prague)

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