Lot 152: Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri , Fossombrone 1589 - 1655 Pesaro Judith with the head of Holofernes oil on canvas

oil on canvas

measurements note 96 by 77 cm.; 37 3/4 by 30 1/4 in.

Acquired by the current owner in 2004.

PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri painted the same subject on at least two other occasions but the closest work compositionally is his Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, Fossombrone, Quadreria Cesarini. Both paintings depict a three quarter length figure facing slightly to the right, the latter with a severed head upheld above a plate by a male servant in profile (see A. Emiliani and M. Cellini, Giovanni Francesco Guerrieri da Fossombrone, 1997, pp. 139-142, no. 90).