Judith met zwaard zittend op het onthoofde lichaam van Holofernes

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 54 mm x breedte 37 mm

Art Historical Context

Behold the dramatic engraving *Judith met zwaard zittend op het onthde lichaam van Holofernes* (Judith with Sword Sitting on the Beheaded Body Holofernes), by Barthel Beham in 1525. This tiny masterpiece, measuring just 54 mm by 37 mm wide, captures the biblical heroine Judith triumphantly seated atop her slain foe, the Assyrian general Holofernes Drawn from the Book of Judith in the Apocrypha, the scene celebrates female strength and divine intervention, a popular motif in Renaissance art symbolizing virtue's victory over tyranny. Barthel Beham, a Nuremberg engraver from the Northern Renaiss...

About the Artist

Barthel Beham · 1502–1540

Barthel Beham (1502–1540), a pivotal figure in the German Renaissance, was born in Nuremberg into a family of artists. The younger brother of the renowned engraver Hans Sebald Beham, he honed his craft under the tutelage of his elder sibling and the master Albrecht Dürer, absorbing the precise techniques of engraving and painting that defined Nuremberg's vibrant artistic scene. Emerging as a prodi...