Art Institute of Chicago
Judith
Israhel van Meckenem the YoungerLinkedCulture matchlcp-05aec119625d
- Date
- c. 1495
- Medium
- Engraving on ivory laid paper
- Culture
- Germany
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 3711
The biblical heroine Judith freed the Hebrews from Assyrian oppression by seducing the general Holofernes and decapitating him in his drunken stupor. Here Israhel van Meckenem depicted Judith stuffing Holofernes’s head into her maidservant’s pouch while a battle rages in the background. Van Meckenem’s depiction of the gruesome act is matter-of-fact. While the decapitated body remains visible, the sword is clean and the setting devoid of blood.
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- Credit line
- Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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