更新日 2025.06.10 | 10 June 2025
展示中 常設展 | Permanent collection
Lucas Cranach the Elder
Kronach, 1472 - Weimar, 1553
ホロフェルネスの首を持つユディト Judith with the Head of Holofernes
| 制作年 | 1530年頃 |
|---|---|
| 材質・技法・形状 | 油彩、板 |
| 寸法（cm） | 37.2 x 25 |
| 署名・年記 | 右下に有翼の蛇の紋章による署名 |
| Standard ref. | FR (1932) 192; FR (1978) 233; CDA PRIVATE_NONE-P121 |
| 分類 | 絵画 |
| 所蔵番号 | P.2018-0001 |
断末魔のうめきを残した男の首を手に、身じろぎもせず醒めた視線をこちらに向ける女性──これはドイツ・ルネサンスを代表する画家クラーナハが、みずからの芸術の中核的な主題のひとつであった「ユディト」を描いた貴重な板絵です。小ぶりながら保存状態にも恵まれています。おのれの美貌と酒によって敵将ホロフェルネスを酔わせて斬首し、故郷ベトリアを救ったユディト。その勇ましくも蠱惑的な「女のちから」が、最盛期のクラーナハに特有のデリケートな描写をつうじて浮かびあがります。（出典: 展示室作品解説パネル、2020年8月）
来歴
(Presumably) George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747-1813), Arlosen Castle, Bad Arolsen, Hesse Germany; by whom given to his daughter; Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796-1869), according to an inscription, verso, and her husband George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784-1860), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, presumably on the occasion of their wedding, 23 June 1816; and by descent to their son; Adolf I, Prince Schaumburg-Lippe (1817-1893), m. Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont; and by descent to their son; Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846-1911), m. Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg; and by descent to their son; Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883-1936); Rosenbaum, Frankfurt-am-Main, acquired from the above in 1929; Dr. Wilfried Greif (1883-1937), New York, by 1932; Galerie Nathan, Zürich, inv. no. 956 (according to a label, verso); private collection, Germany, acquired from the above in the 1960s; and by descent; purchased by NMWA, 3 August 2018.
展覧会歴
- 2024
- ここは未来のアーティストたちが眠る部屋となりえてきたか?：国立西洋美術館65年目の自問：現代美術家たちへの問いかけ, 国立西洋美術館, 2024年3月12日-2024年5月12日
文献歴
- 1932
- Friedländer, Max J.; Rosenberg, Jokob. Die Gamälde von Lucas Cranach. Berlin, Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1932, S. 66, Nr. 192.
- 1972
- Nathan Peter; Nathan, Fritz. Dr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan, 1922-1972. Zürich, 1972, Nr. 4.
- 1978
- Friedländer, Max J.; Rosenberg, Jokob. The Paintings of Lucas Cranach. Norden, Heinz; Taylor, Ronald, trans. Revised ed., London, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978, p. 116, no. 233.
- 2019
- 新藤淳; 眞鍋千絵. 小さなユディトから見えてくるもの: 国立西洋美術館新収蔵ルカス・クラーナハ（父）《ホロフェルネスの首を持つユディト》をめぐる調査報告. 国立西洋美術館研究紀要. No. 23, 2019, pp. 4-22, col. repr. [with English abstract]
- 2020
- 国立西洋美術館報. No. 53 (Apr. 2018-Mar. 2019), 2020, 新藤淳. 新収作品. pp. 10-12, 新収作品一覧. p. 22, col. repr.
- 2024
- ここは未来のアーティストたちが眠る部屋となりえてきたか?：国立西洋美術館65年目の自問：現代美術家たちへの問いかけ (exh. cat.). 新藤淳企画構成; 望月かおる編集. [東京], カルチュア・コンビニエンス・クラブ株式会社; 美術出版社書籍編集部, 2024, pp. 114, 304, col. repr.
Judith with the Head of Holofernes
| Date | ca. 1530 |
|---|---|
| Materials and Techniques | oil on panel |
| Size（cm） | 37.2 x 25 |
| Inscriptions | Signed lower right with the winged serpent device |
| Standard ref. | FR (1932) 192; FR (1978) 233; CDA PRIVATE_NONE-P121 |
| Category | Paintings |
| Collection Number | P.2018-0001 |
A woman holds up the freshly severed head of a man, staring unflinchingly out at the viewer. Here the major German Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder depicts an important work on one of his favorite themes, the Hebrew heroine Judith. While small in scale, this panel painting is in very well condition. Judith saved her home city of Bethulia by seducing the attacking general Holofernes with her beauty, and then killing him as he lay drunk on wine. The power of this brave, alluring woman emerges from this image created in Cranach's distinctively delicate brushwork characteristic of his mature period. (Source: Gallery label, August 2020)
Provenance
(Presumably) George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1747-1813), Arlosen Castle, Bad Arolsen, Hesse Germany; by whom given to his daughter; Princess Ida Caroline of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1796-1869), according to an inscription, verso, and her husband George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784-1860), Bückeburg, Niedersachsen, Lower Saxony, presumably on the occasion of their wedding, 23 June 1816; and by descent to their son; Adolf I, Prince Schaumburg-Lippe (1817-1893), m. Princess Hermine of Waldeck and Pyrmont; and by descent to their son; Georg, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1846-1911), m. Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg; and by descent to their son; Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1883-1936); Rosenbaum, Frankfurt-am-Main, acquired from the above in 1929; Dr. Wilfried Greif (1883-1937), New York, by 1932; Galerie Nathan, Zürich, inv. no. 956 (according to a label, verso); private collection, Germany, acquired from the above in the 1960s; and by descent; purchased by NMWA, 3 August 2018.
Exhibition History
- 2024
- Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 12 March 2024 - 12 May 2024
Bibliography
- 1932
- Friedländer, Max J.; Rosenberg, Jokob. Die Gamälde von Lucas Cranach. Berlin, Deutscher Verein für Kunstwissenschaft, 1932, S. 66, Nr. 192.
- 1972
- Nathan Peter; Nathan, Fritz. Dr. Fritz Nathan und Dr. Peter Nathan, 1922-1972. Zürich, 1972, Nr. 4.
- 1978
- Friedländer, Max J.; Rosenberg, Jokob. The Paintings of Lucas Cranach. Norden, Heinz; Taylor, Ronald, trans. Revised ed., London, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978, p. 116, no. 233.
- 2019
- Shinfuji, Atsushi; Manabe, Chie. Things seen thanks to a small Judith: report on the survey conducted on the NMWA’s newly acquired 《Judith with the Head of Holofernes》by Lucas Cranach the Elder. Journal of the National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. No. 23, 2019, pp. 4-22, col. repr. [with English abstract]
- 2020
- Annual Bulletin of the National Museum of Western Art. No. 53 (Apr. 2018-Mar. 2019), 2020, Shinfuji, Atsushi. New Acquisitions. pp. 10-12, List of New Acquisitions. p. 22, col. repr.
- 2024
- Does the Future Sleep Here?: Revisiting the Museum's Response to Contemporary Art after 65 Years (exh. cat.). Shinfuji, Atsushi; Mochizuki, Kaoru, eds. [Tokyo], Culture Convenience Club; Bijutsu Shuppan-sha, 2024, pp. 114, 304, col. repr.