Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Saraceni)

Judith with the head of Holofernes
Artist Carlo Saraceni
Year 1610-1615
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 90 cm × 79 cm (35 in × 31 in)
Location Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Judith with the head of Holofernes is a 1610-1615 painting by the painter Carlo Saraceni, now held in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.[1]

The painting is typical of Saraceni's first decade in Rome where he became influenced by Caravaggio. His use of candlelight is illustrative of the chiaroscuro used by the tenebrists in this period. Another autograph copy is known in the Dayton Art Institute.

This painting was documented in David Teniers the Younger's catalog Theatrum Pictorium of the art collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in 1659 and again in 1673,[2] but the portrait had already enjoyed notoriety in Teniers' portrayals of the Archduke's art collection:

References

  1. ↑ GG_41 in the museum collection
  2. ↑ 39 in Theatrum Pictorium, 1673


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