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/
