Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Sandro Botticelli, c. 1497 - c. 1500

Judith met het hoofd van Holofernes. Judith stapt uit de tentopening met het zwaard in de rechterhand en de afgehouwen kop in de linkerhand. Rechts een schim van de dienstmaagd.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3381
  • Physical characteristicsolieverf, tempera en vergulding op paneel

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Judith with the Head of Holofernes

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3381

  • Description

    Judith met het hoofd van Holofernes. Judith stapt uit de tentopening met het zwaard in de rechterhand en de afgehouwen kop in de linkerhand. Rechts een schim van de dienstmaagd.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Sandro Botticelli

  • Dating

    c. 1497 - c. 1500

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    olieverf, tempera en vergulding op paneel

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

  • Acquisition

    • bequest 2014-07-23
    • bequest 1941
    • interne vervaardiging 2014-07-23
    • interne vervaardiging 1941

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    Inv.;…; from the dealer J. Böhler, Munich, fl. 50,000, to Julius Wilhelm Edwin vom Rath (1863-1940), Amsterdam, 1919;{Note RMA} by whom bequeathed, with 305 other objects, to the museum, 1941

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

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