LOTTO, Lorenzo
(b. ca. 1480, Venezia, d. 1556, Loreto)

Judith with the Head of Holofernes

1512
Oil on panel, 20 x 15 cm
Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Rome

This small, dramatic painting may have been made for a sophisticated Roman patron. The source for the figure grouping was Mantegna who produced numerous versions of the subject in different media, which in turn inspired engravings (e.g. by Giovanni Antonio da Brescia, formerly called Zoan Andrea).