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»Judith« nach August Riedel Bildnis der biblischen Judith als junge rassige Frau mit entschlossenem Blick, das Schwert in der linken Hand und den Haarschopf des abgeschlagenen Hauptes des Holfernes in der rechten Hand haltend, 1840 schuf der ab 1828 in Rom lebende Maler August Riedel (1799 Bayreuth bis 1883 Rom) sein wohl bekanntestes Gemälde "Judith", welches der Bayerische König Ludwig I. 1841 direkt beim Künstler erwarb und welches 1841 erstmals in München ausgestellt, heute in der Neuen Pinakothek München verwahrt wird, vorliegend lasierende Kopie von unbekannter Hand, Öl auf Leinwand, um 1890, rückseitig undeutbare Etikettreste, gering restauriert, in Goldstuckleiste gerahmt, Falzmaße ca. 136 x 99 cm. "Judith" after August Riedel Portrait of the biblical Judith as a young, racy woman with a determined look, holding the sword in her left hand and the mop of hair of the severed head of the Holfernes in her right hand, 1840, the painter August Riedel (1799 Bayreuth to 1883 Rome), who lived in Rome from 1828, created his probably best-known painting "Judith", which the Bavarian King Ludwig I acquired directly from the artist in 1841 and which was first exhibited in Munich in 1841. 1841 directly from the artist and which was first exhibited in Munich in 1841, today kept in the Neue Pinakothek Munich, present glazed copy by an unknown hand, oil on canvas, c. 1890, indistinct label remnants on the reverse, slightly restored, framed in gilt stucco moulding, folded dimensions c. 136 x 99 cm.