CRANACH, Lucas the Elder
(b. 1472, Kronach, d. 1553, Weimar)

Saxon Princesses Sibylla, Emilia and Sidonia

c. 1535
Oil on limewood, 62 x 89 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Cranach representations of Judith are idealized portraits. His contemporaneous portraits, such as the present painting, show far greater attention to the distinctly different physiognomies of the sitters, who are more objectively observed and portrayed.