The narrative richness of stories from the Old Testament and ancient mythology offered alternative subjects when sacred themes became difficult. At this point Cranach began to paint cunning young women such as daughters of Lot, heroines such as the virtuous Lucretia and the courageous Judith. In pictorial inventions of this kind he smoothly combined entertainment and humour with serious didactic elements.

Cranach also depicted several variants of the story of Salome from the New Testament.

Preview	Picture Data	File Info	Comment
	Salome with the Head of John the Baptist 1509-10 Oil and tempera on oak, 61 x 50 cm Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon	1096*1400 True Color 112 Kb
	Salome c. 1530 Oil on poplar panel, 87 x 58 cm Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	950*1408 True Color 183 Kb
	Salome (detail) c. 1530 Oil on poplar panel Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest	818*1100 True Color 201 Kb
	Salome with the Head of St John the Baptist - Panel Bob Jones University Collection, Greenville	658*1085 True Color 115 Kb
	The Feast of Herod 1533 Oil and tempera on limewood, 80 x 113 cm Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	1442*1000 True Color 175 Kb
	The Feast of Herod (detail) 1533 Oil and tempera on limewood Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	1000*1344 True Color 192 Kb
	The Feast of Herod (detail) 1533 Oil and tempera on limewood Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt	1000*1327 True Color 177 Kb
	Judith with the Head of Holofernes 1526-30 Oil and tempera on limewood, 87 x 58 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel	1002*1500 True Color 167 Kb
	Judith Victorious c. 1530 Beech panel, 75 x 56 cm Jagdschloss Grunewald, Berlin	1000*1327 True Color 155 Kb
	Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1530 Lindenwood, 88 x 58 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1038*1600 True Color 199 Kb
	Judith Dining with Holofernes 1531 Oil and tempera on limewood, 99 x 73 cm Schlossmuseum, Gotha	1000*1381 True Color 198 Kb
	Judith Dining with Holofernes (detail) 1531 Oil and tempera on limewood Schlossmuseum, Gotha	1000*1314 True Color 187 Kb
	The Death of Holofernes 1531 Oil and tempera on limewood, 98 x 76 cm Schlossmuseum, Gotha	1000*1381 True Color 189 Kb
	Judith with the Head of Holofernes c. 1530 Oil on linden panel, 88 x 63 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	980*1400 True Color 222 Kb
	Judith with the Head of Holofernes (detail) c. 1530 Oil on linden panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	1019*1200 True Color 256 Kb
	Judith with the Head of Holofernes and a Maidservant after 1537 Oil on wood, 75 x 51 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1013*1500 True Color 184 Kb
	Samson Slaying the Lion 1528-30 Oil on beech panel, 57 x 38 cm Schlossmuseum, Weimar	876*1300 True Color 196 Kb
	Samson and Delilah 1528-30 Oil on beech panel, 57 x 37 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	735*1100 True Color 231 Kb
	Samson and Delilah (detail) 1528-30 Oil on beech panel Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York	921*828 True Color 214 Kb
	Samson and Delilah 1529 Oil on linden panel, 117 x 82 cm Kunstsammlungen und Museen, Augsburg	800*1145 True Color 156 Kb
	David and Bathsheba 1526 Oil and tempera on res beechwood, 36 x 24 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin	907*1400 True Color 183 Kb
	David and Bathsheba 1534 Oil on panel, 115 x 79 cm Private collection	822*1200 True Color 213 Kb
	David and Bathsheba (detail) 1534 Oil on panel Private collection	968*1300 True Color 165 Kb
	Lot and his Daughters 1528-30 Oil and tempera on red beechwood, 57 x 39 cm Moravská Galerie, Brno	1082*1600 True Color 160 Kb
	Lot and his Daughters 1528 Beech wood, 56 x 37 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna	1000*1549 True Color 196 Kb