After Cristofano Allori
Judith With The Head Of Holofernes
Estimate: 4.000 - 6.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Price realised: 15.000 GBP
Description
After Cristofano Allori
JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES
oil on canvas
A copy after Allori's original composition, painted 1610–12, today in the Pitti Palace, Florence (inv. 1912 n. 96). 1 Allori's painting became an instant success and was widely copied, due in part to the popularity of the biblical legend depicted, and also because of its autobiographical element; the decapitated head of Holofernes is a self-portrait, whilst his lover Mazzafirra is portrayed in the beautiful face of the young woman,
1 https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes
Unframed: 143.5 x 117.6 cm.; 65 1/2 x 46 1/4 in. Framed: 176 x 151 cm.; 69 1/4 x 59 1/2 in.
JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES
oil on canvas
A copy after Allori's original composition, painted 1610–12, today in the Pitti Palace, Florence (inv. 1912 n. 96). 1 Allori's painting became an instant success and was widely copied, due in part to the popularity of the biblical legend depicted, and also because of its autobiographical element; the decapitated head of Holofernes is a self-portrait, whilst his lover Mazzafirra is portrayed in the beautiful face of the young woman,
1 https://www.uffizi.it/en/artworks/judith-with-the-head-of-holofernes
Unframed: 143.5 x 117.6 cm.; 65 1/2 x 46 1/4 in. Framed: 176 x 151 cm.; 69 1/4 x 59 1/2 in.
