Judith and Her Servant Standing

Sebald Beham

Associated Names
Sebald Beham

Artist, German, 1500 - 1550

The image shows two full-bodied figures standing close together, both facing forward. The figure on the left is a woman, depicted nude, with her head slightly tilted towards the figure beside her. She has distinct, classical facial features and wavy hair adorned with a thin band or headband. Her right arm is bent, holding a large sword with ornate details, and her left arm is draped around the shoulders of the person next to her. The second figure, also nude and of similar stature, holds a severed human head by its hair in their left hand, with a platter in their right hand. Their hair is styled similarly to the first figure, with an accessory resembling a headband. The background features a textured, hatched pattern, providing a contrast to the figures and giving the impression of shadowing behind them. Both figures are barefoot and stand on a lightly shaded ground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.1163

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    New Hollstein, no. 14, State only


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 25, repro.

Bibliography

1901

  • Pauli, Gustav. Hans Sebald Beham: ein kritisches Verzeichnis seiner Kupferstiche, Radierungen und Holzschnitte. Studien zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte_ 33. Strasbourg: J.H. Ed. Heitz, 1901: no. 11.

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.25.

1996

  • The New Hollstein German Engravings, Etchings and Woodcuts, 1400-1700. (Sebald Beham, Anne Röver-Kann, author). Ouderkerk aan den Ijssel: Sound & Vision Publishers, 2024: no. 14.

Wikidata ID

Q64961821

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