Judith with the Head of Holofernes
about 1630 | Jan Liss
According to the Old Testament account, Judith went to the camp of the enemy general Holofernes and cut off his head while he was asleep. An admirer of Rubens, Liss depicts this gruesome and drastic story at its moment of greatest tension, enclosing the victim and the lovely perpetrator in a circle of wild movement. This painting is one of several workshop replicas of Liss’s highly popular original design.
According to the Old Testament account, Judith went to the camp of the enemy general Holofernes and cut off his head while he was asleep. An admirer of Rubens, Liss depicts this gruesome and drastic story at its moment of greatest tension, enclosing the victim and the lovely perpetrator in a circle of wild movement. This painting is one of several workshop replicas of Liss’s highly popular original design.
Time:
about 1630
Object Name
Painting
Culture
German
Material/technology:
Canvas
Dimensions:
126 cm × 102 cm
Framed: 152 cm × 128 cm × 10,5 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Gemäldegalerie
Invs.
Gemäldegalerie, 2324
Provenance
Collection Archbishop Guidobald Count Thun, Salzburg; 1807 from Salzburg to Vienna; 1868 documented in the gallery depot