Keywords: Reinhold Vasters - Renaissance-Style Pendant with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes - Walters 44424 - Side A.jpg This elaborate double-sided pendant depicts two biblical scenes The side displayed here shows Judith with a sword in her right hand and the head of Holofernes in the other With the help of her maid she is about to drop the head into a bag The other side of the pendant portrays David about to swing his sling at Goliath who appears in the dress of a Roman military leader century 19 gold enamel diamonds rubies pearls cm 5 3 accession number 44 424 39009 Frederic Spitzer date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Paris 1893 Catalogue des Objet d'Art no 1840 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1893 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Court Jewels of the Renaissance 1500-1630 Victoria and Albert Museum London 1980-1981 Artful Deception The Craft of the Forger The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore; Edsel Eleanor Ford House Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art Columbia; Elvehjem Museum of Art Madison; Crocker Art Museum Sacramento; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Rochester; The Barnum Museum Bridgeport 1987-1992 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Aachen Germany Walters Art Museum license Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Reinhold Vasters Judith and Holofernes Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |