Judith with the Head of Holofernes

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painting

"Judith with the Head of Holofernes" is a Renaissance painting by Lucas Cranach the Elder depicting the biblical heroine Judith triumphantly holding the severed head of the Assyrian general Holofernes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Lucas Cranach the Elder)	2
Judith with the head of Holofernes	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	painting ⓘ
artForm	panel painting ⓘ
artisticSchool	Cranach workshop NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Saxon court of Wittenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Book of Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette	rich, saturated colors ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Germany ⓘ
creator	Lucas Cranach the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorRole	painter ⓘ
depicts	Holofernes NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ biblical story of Judith and Holofernes ⓘ severed head of Holofernes ⓘ
genre	religious painting ⓘ
hasPart	figure of Judith ⓘ head of Holofernes NERFINISHED ⓘ landscape or neutral background ⓘ luxurious clothing ⓘ ornamental headdress ⓘ sword ⓘ
hasVersion	Judith with the Head of Holofernes (various versions by Lucas Cranach the Elder) NERFINISHED ⓘ
iconographicAttribute	Judith as elegant court lady ⓘ Judith holding Holofernes’ head NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith holding sword ⓘ
iconographicTheme	Judith with the head of Holofernes NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	Italian Renaissance art NERFINISHED ⓘ Protestant Reformation context ⓘ
languageOfTitle	English ⓘ
mainCharacter	Holofernes NERFINISHED ⓘ Judith NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement	Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeMoment	aftermath of Holofernes’ beheading ⓘ
notableFor	combination of eroticism and piety ⓘ detailed depiction of costume and jewelry ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage	German ⓘ
period	16th century ⓘ
portrays	Judith holding the severed head of Holofernes NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectMatter	Old Testament heroine ⓘ heroic woman defeating tyrant ⓘ
technique	oil painting ⓘ
theme	female heroism ⓘ violence and salvation ⓘ virtue overcoming tyranny ⓘ
typicalOf	Cranach’s courtly style ⓘ sensuous yet moralizing imagery ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judith’s maidservant → appearsInWorkOfArt → Judith with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Lucas Cranach the Elder)

Holofernes → depictedInWork → Judith with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Lucas Cranach the Elder)

Holofernes → iconographicTheme → Judith with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judith with the head of Holofernes

Lucas Cranach the Elder → notableWork → Judith with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ