Judith and Holofernes

Judith and Holofernes

Title

Judith and Holofernes

[cda 2021]

Painting on wood

Medium

Painting on wood

[Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

The heroine Judith is shown standing in an interior setting, facing to her right. She is wearing courtly attire, comprising of a dark velvet dress with decoratively slit sleeves, a high collar and laced at the waist. It is worn over a white blouse with gold brocade. Her hair is

The heroine Judith is shown standing in an interior setting, facing to her right. She is wearing courtly attire, comprising of a dark velvet dress with decoratively slit sleeves, a high collar and laced at the waist. It is worn over a white blouse with gold brocade. Her hair is kept rather short with tight ringlets and is covered by a dark red broad-brimmed hat positioned at an angle on her head. In her right hand she triumphantly holds the sword with which she beheaded Holofernes. She has placed her left hand on the decapitated head, resting on a ledge in front of her. Through a window behind her a mountain landscape is visible. The panel is probably a copy after a painting from the Cranach workshop.

[cda 2021]

Attribution
Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Copy after Lucas Cranach the Elder

[Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

Production date
about 1600 - 1650

Production date

about 1600 - 1650

[Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 36.9 x 24.8 cm

Dimensions

  • Dimensions of support: 36.9 x 24.8 cm

  • [Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

Inscriptions and Labels

Reverse of the panel: - top: in black ink: 'Agnese Gräffin zu Waldek // Aebtissin zu Schaken [Kloster …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • Reverse of the panel: - top: in black ink: 'Agnese Gräffin zu Waldek // Aebtissin zu Schaken [Kloster Schaaken] // anno 1647'

    • centre: in black ink: 'Lucas Cranach // gemahlt'
    • bottom: illegible handwriting
Owner
Private Collection
Repository
Private Collection
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P480
FR (1978) Nr.
FR-none
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P480/

Provenance

  • with Christian M. Nebehay, art dealer, Vienna 1999
    [Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

Research History / Discussion

Copy after [PRIVATE_NONE-P121(https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P121/) now in The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.

[Letter from H. Krug, CNM Vienna to D. Koepplin, 30.08.1999; Koepplin Archive]

  • Judith and Holofernes, about 1600 - 1650

Images

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  • reverse

Versions

Judith
  • Judith, about 1530
  • PRIVATE_NONE-P121
  • Painting
  • The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

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