Judith Seated on the Body of Holofernes

1525

Barthel Beham

Associated Names
Barthel Beham

Artist, German, 1502 - 1540

The image features a black and white engraving of a figure in a seated position holding a sword upright in their right hand. They are grasping the hair of a male head underfoot. The figure's facial features are finely detailed, showing pronounced cheekbones and wavy hair. The person appears nude with shading highlighting their musculature. Leafy vegetation surrounds the figure, and the background is minimal. The inscription "1525" is in the upper left corner.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 5.4 × 3.7 cm (2 1/8 × 1 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.886

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Pauli 'Barthel', no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?], Berlin (Lugt 654); purchased by Lessing J. Rosenwald [1891-1979], 1928; gift to NGA, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 27, repro.

Bibliography

1911

  • Pauli, Gustav. Barthel Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte, 135. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1911: no. 3.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.27.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Barthel Beham, compiled by Anne Röver-Kann). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2021: no. 3.

Wikidata ID

Q64954122

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