Judith with the Head of Holofernes, Sandro Botticelli, c. 1497 - c. 1500

Identification

Title(s)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

Object type

painting

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

Artist

painter: Sandro Botticelli

Dating

c. 1497 - c. 1500

Material and Technique

Material

Technique

painting / gilding

Measurements

height 36.5 cm × width 20 cm
depth 7 cm

Subject

What

Judith shows Holofernes' head to the people

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam

Acquisition

bequest 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

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

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.

Documentation

The architect and the musician : Piero di Cosimo's portraits of Giuliano da Sangallo and his father, Duncan Bull, p. 39, afb. 26
De architect en de musicus : Piero di Cosimo's portretten van Giuliano da Sangallo en zijn vader, Duncan Bull, p. 39, afb. 26
Het Nederlandse palazzo : verzamelingen van vroeg-Italiaanse kunst, Fee van 't Veen, p. 61-62, afb. 39
Familie Vom Rath-Bunge te Amsterdam : en de nalatenschap van J.W.E. vom Rath (1863-1940)
All the paintings of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam : a completely illustrated catalogue, p. 138
The Florentine paintings in Holland, 1300-1500, Marian Bisanz-Prakken, Hendrik Willem van Os
Aanwinsten 1940-1946 : tentoonstelling van schilderijen, beeldhouwkunst, meubelen, kunstnijverheid, teekeningen en prenten, verworven in de jaren 1940-1946, p. 8, afb. 7, cat.nr. 4
De Rijksmuseum Botticelli onder de loep : de gevaren van natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek, Duncan Bull

Persistent URL

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