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ID number: BIRBI-58.12 Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Artist / Maker: Bonasone, Giulio (c. 1498 - c. 1580) Title / Object name: Judith departing for Bethulia Object type: Print Place made: Rome Culture: Italian Date made: after 1544 Materials: Engraving Measurements: Plate: 329 x 462 mm; mount: 516 x 629 mm Provenance: Purchased from Craddock & Barbard, December 1958, for £2 |
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In this scene from the Apocrypha to the Bible, heroic Judith leaves the Assyrian camp after murdering Holofernes. Assisted by her maidservant, she carries his head on a tray, and his decapitated body can be seen lying lifeless from within the tent. Political unrest during the Renaissance popularised the notion of Judith as an exemplar of communal courage against tyranny. Bonasone’s engraving copies Michelangelo’s fresco of the subject in the Sistine Chapel, Rome. |
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| Bonasone, Giulio Italian c. 1498 c. 1580 | |
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