Title
Judith with the Head of Holophernes, by Schäufelein (1533)
Creator
Schäufelein, Hans (illustrator) (c. 1480- c. 1540)
von Schwartzenberg, Johann (author) (1463-1528)
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.
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.
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/668091
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201228005126/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/668091
Accession Number: 31.54.2
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holophernes,_from_Das_B%C3%BCchle_Memorial_MET_DP849320.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201228005641/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holophernes,_from_Das_B%C3%BCchle_Memorial_MET_DP849320.jpg
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/668091
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201228005126/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/668091
Accession Number: 31.54.2
Wikimedia Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holophernes,_from_Das_B%C3%BCchle_Memorial_MET_DP849320.jpg
Archived in:
https://web.archive.org/web/20201228005641/https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Judith_with_the_Head_of_Holophernes,_from_Das_B%C3%BCchle_Memorial_MET_DP849320.jpg
Format
Woodcut.
Dimensions: 24 × 16 cm
Dimensions: 24 × 16 cm
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