Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Schäufelein (1533)

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Schäufelein (1533)

Title

Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Schäufelein (1533)

Creator

Schäufelein, Hans (illustrator) (c. 1480- c. 1540)
von Schwartzenberg, Johann (author) (1463-1528)

Date

1533

Description

Illustration in book: Das Büchle Memorial ("The Büchle Memorial") by von Schwartzenberg (1533), published by Heinrich Steiner. 

The publisher of this work (Steiner) is also the publisher of the second Wirsung edition of La Celestina translated to German in 1534.

This engraving represents a young woman (Judith) with a sword on her right hand and the head of a yound men (Holophernes) on her left hand. She is handing Holophernes' head to her maid. Her maid, on the right, is depicted with wrinkles, and this represents her as an old woman.

Format

Woodcut.
Dimensions: 24 × 16 cm

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