Judith

Judith

Title

Judith

[Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979, No. 233]

Judith is shown in an elaborate dress, holding a sword in her right hand and the severed head of Holofernes in her right hand, which rests on a balustrade in front of her. A window behind Judith reveals a view of a landscape.

[cda 2016]

Attribution
Lucas Cranach the Elder

Attribution

Lucas Cranach the Elder
Production date
about 1530
Dimensions
Dimensions of support: 37.2 x 25 cm

Dimensions

Signature / Dating

Artist's insignia bottom right: serpent with elevated wings, facing right

Signature / Dating

  • Artist's insignia bottom right: serpent with elevated wings, facing right

  • [cda 2016]

Inscriptions and Labels

There are a number of old inscriptions, of varying dates, on the verso of the panel: - at the …

Inscriptions and Labels

Stamps, Seals, Labels:

  • There are a number of old inscriptions, of varying dates, on the verso of the panel: - at the top in dark paint: 'Sophie Viarberg[?] // [of?] Sax', and in a later hand underneath, in black ink: 'geb. pr. Von Waldeck' ('born Princess von Waldeck').

    • underneath illegible text in red
    • lower down, in black: 'Agnesa 1623', qualified in yet another hand underneath, in black paint: ‘Eine Gräffin V. Waldeck // Luc. Cranach.’
    • at the bottom: a stamp: a circle containing the numbers 11/66; in black: 'Ida Fra Schaumburg // Trippe geb: Pyr // Waldeck 1816'
    • at the bottom right, in pencil: '111-29'
Owner
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Repository
The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Location
Tokyo
CDA ID
PRIVATE_NONE-P121
FR (1978) Nr.
FR233
Persistent Link
https://lucascranach.org/en/PRIVATE_NONE-P121/

Provenance

  • By descent in the family of the Counts of Waldeck, subsequently Princes of Waldeck-Pyrmont, according to inscriptions, verso
  • (Presumably) George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747 – 1813), Arolsen Castle, Bad Arolsen, Hesse, Germany
  • by whom given to his daughter Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796 – 1869), according to an inscription, verso, and her husband George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784 – 1860), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, possibly on the occasion of their wedding, 23 June 1816
  • and by descent to their son Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1817 – 1893), m. Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont
  • and by descent to their son Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846 – 1911), m. Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg
    and by descent to their son Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883 – 1936)
  • Rosenbaum, Frankfurt-am-Main acquired from the above in 1929
  • Dr. Wilfried Greif (1883 – 1937), New York by 1932
  • Galerie Nathan, Zurich, inv. no. 956 (according to a label, verso)
  • Private Collection, Germany, acquired from the above in the 1960s; and by descent.
  • purchased by NMWA, 3 August 2018
    [NMWA online, accessed 12.03.2021]

Literature

Reference on page Catalogue Number Figure / Plate
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1979 117 233 233
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
EditorG. Schwartz
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBasel, Boston, Stuttgart
Year of Publication1979
Nathan, Nathan 1972 pl. 4
AuthorPeter Nathan, Fritz Nathan
TitleDr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan. 1922 - 1972
Place of PublicationZurich
Year of Publication1972
Friedländer, Rosenberg 1932 192
AuthorMax J. Friedländer, Jakob Rosenberg
TitleDie Gemälde von Lucas Cranach
Place of PublicationBerlin
Year of Publication1932
Link http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/friedlaender1932

Research History / Discussion

A copy of this painting exists see [PRIVATE_NONE-P480]

[cda 2021]

  • Judith, about 1530

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