Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Rembrandt
(1606 - 1669)
 
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn usually simply known as Rembrandt, was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker and draughtsman. An innovative and prolific master in three media, he is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in the history of art and the most important in Dutch art history.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rembrandt


Judith at the Banquet of Holofernes (also known as Artemisia Receiving Mausolus' Ashes and Sophonisba Receiving the Poisoned Cup)
1634
Oil on canvas
142 x 152 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/judith-at-the-banquet-of-holofernes-previously/08f69e61-f7c5-43f9-a76d-b24fbdc63681

The subject of the picture was unclear for centuries. It portrays a young woman, formerly identified as Sophonisba or Artemisia, or a generic queen due to her jewels and rich garments, receiving a cup from a maiden. Today it is considered to be Judith at the banquet of Holofernes.
For the woman, Rembrandt probably used his wife Saskia as model. 
 

 

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