Judith
Statuette
1500 - 1550 (made)
1500 - 1550 (made)
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In style and facture the statuette is directly related to bronzes by Severo da Ravenna. Its debased quality would seem to indicate a late and decadent phase of the workshop. the conical jam-thread at the bottom of the bronze is typical of bronzes from this workshop, and would have received a tapering bolt for attachment to a typical footed platform base, either triangular or circular.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Judith (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Bronze |
| Brief description | Statuette, bronze, Judith, by the workshop of Calzetta, Padua or Ravenna, first half of 16th century |
| Physical description | Judith stands holding in her raised hand the grip of a sword from which the guard and blade have been broken and in her lowered left hand the severed head of Holofernes. She is draped in a peplos, through which her right leg projects. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Lady Bramall, London, for £600, in 1982. |
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| Summary | In style and facture the statuette is directly related to bronzes by Severo da Ravenna. Its debased quality would seem to indicate a late and decadent phase of the workshop. the conical jam-thread at the bottom of the bronze is typical of bronzes from this workshop, and would have received a tapering bolt for attachment to a typical footed platform base, either triangular or circular. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | A.25:1-1982 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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