At the triennial salons, the city of Ghent prefers to buy works from artists who follow the academic tradition. Their work is not progressive, but often testifies to great technical mastery. The artists strive for a perfect reproduction of reality with an extremely fine finish. But they do not want to shock and tend towards an idealised image of that reality. Judith is a biblical figure from the Apocrypha. When her town Bethulia is besieged by Holofernes, Nebuchadnezzar's general, the townspeople are distraught. At that moment the courageous Judith steps into the enemy army. With her beauty, she manages to seduce Holophernes and behead him with his own sword.
| Artist |
Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter
RKD
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|---|---|
| Title | Judith |
| Date | 1877 |
| Period | 19th century |
| Location | Paris TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | Signature, location and year bottom left: E.Richter. / Paris. / 1877. |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1886-I |
| Acquisition credit |
gift
Richter, Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Paris 1879 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1886-I |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/261/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus | 300055874 religious symbolism AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
22C
light
Iconclass
22C1 natural light Iconclass 22C8 shadow Iconclass 31A72 female sex; woman Iconclass 31AA the (nude) human figure; 'Corpo humano' (Ripa) - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A191 tent Iconclass 41A421 curtains Iconclass 41A431 rugs (textiles) Iconclass 41D266 ornaments, jewels Iconclass 41D2661 necklace Iconclass 41D2662 bracelet, wristlet Iconclass 45B the soldier; the soldier's life Iconclass 45C13(SWORD) hacking and thrusting weapons: sword Iconclass 46AA1262 Judith (one of the nine worthiest women) Iconclass 71 Old Testament Iconclass 71U the book of Judith Iconclass 71U4273 Holofernes beheaded by Judith with his own sword; the maidservant may be keeping watch Iconclass |
| School / Style |
historicism (theory)
AAT
academicism AAT |
| Catalogus van het Museum van Schoone Kunsten Gent : II: Moderne Meesters / Georges Chabot, Fritz Van Loo. - Gent : Ad. Hoste, 1932 (p. 123) |
| De vrienden van Scribe : De Europese smaak van een Gents mecenas (tentoonstelling Gent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten, 12 december 1998 - 14 maart 1999) / Monique Tahon-Vanroose, Robert Hoozee. - Gent : Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, 1998 ; Antwerpen : Pandora, 1998 (p. 68 (ill.), 202 (ill.)) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. (ill. 76), 271) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 275 (ill.)) |
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