Judith – Zaidan Gallery

01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Johann Christophorus Storer’s Judith and Holofernes, With Footnotes – #177

Johann Christophorus Storer (1620 – 1671)
Judith and Holofernes
Oil on canvas
h: 137 w: 129 cm
Private collection

The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life. More on The Book of Judith

Johann Christophorus Storer (1620 – 1671), an important representative of German Baroque art and famous “Jesuit painter”, His father was also working as a painter and gave him his first art education. Later, Bartholomew Storer sent the son to the Jesuit school.

Not much is known about the actual painter’s apprenticeship. He learns his craft, following the testimony of the artist-photographer Sandrart, in Augsburg. When his father dies, Johann Christoph Storer briefly returns to his native city to settle his estate there.

A little later, around 1640, he moved to Milan, where he worked for some time in the studio of Ercole Procaccini . He soon made a name for himself in Italy as an independent artist and in 1644 participated in the decoration of the Milan Cathedral for the funeral of Isabella of Spain. In the same year he painted frescoes in the Milan church of S. Maria della Pace.

In 1652, Johann Christoph Storrer settled temporarily in Constance, before finally settling in 1657 in his native city. He now worked mainly for the Jesuits. Storer produces paintings and engravings for the churches and publications of the Order.

Johann Christoph Storer, who was a recognized citizen in Konstanz as a council member and city tavern master, dies in 1671 in an unknown place. More on Johann Christoph Storer

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01 Work, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible by Francesco del Cairo, With Footnotes – 143

Francesco del Cairo, (1607 – 1665)
Scena Biblica, Judith & Holofernes
Oil on Canvas
cm. 57×65
Private collection

Francesco Cairo (26 September 1607–27 July 1665) was an Italian Baroque painter active in Lombardy and Piedmont. He was born and died in Milan. It is not known where he obtained his early training though he is strongly influenced by the circle of il Morazzone, in works such as the Saint Teresa altarpiece in the Certosa di Pavia.

In 1633, Cairo moved to Turin to work as a court painter. Between 1637–1638, Cairo travelled to Rome, where he encounters the works of Pietro da Cortona, Guido Reni and of the Caravaggisti. He returns to Lombardy to complete altarpieces for the Certosa of Pavia and a church at Casalpusterlengo. Between 1646–1649, he returns to Turin, and paints an altarpiece for Savigliano and the church of San Salvario. He is also known as Il Cavalière del Cairo, because in Turin, he received the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus in recognition of his merit.

Many of his works are eccentric depictions of religious ecstasies; the saints appear liquefied and contorted by piety. He often caps them with exuberant, oriental turbans. More on Francesco Cairo

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15 Works, June 27th. is Reyer van Blommendael’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #174

Reyer Jacobs van Blommendael
The Good Samaritan, c. 1665
104.1 x 147.3 cm
Oil on canvas
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a didactic story told by Jesus in Luke 10:25–37. It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road. First a priest and then a Levite comes by, but both avoid the man. Finally, a Samaritan comes by. Samaritans and Jews generally despised each other, but the Samaritan helps the injured man. Jesus is telling the parable in response to the question from a lawyer, “And who is my neighbour?” whom that should be loved. Jesus answers his question in who is his neighbour, but also tells him to love his neighbour.

The parable has inspired painting, sculpture, satire, poetry, and film. The colloquial phrase “good Samaritan”, meaning someone who helps a stranger, derives from this parable, and many hospitals and charitable organizations are named after the Good Samaritan. More on the Good Samaritan

Reyer Jacobsz van Blommendael (27 June 1628–23 November 1675) was a Dutch Golden Age painter from Haarlem.

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24 Works, Today, June 2nd. is Charles Landelle’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #151

Charles Zacharie Landelle (France, 1821 – 1908)
Women at Prayer
Oil on canvas
11.5 x 18 in
Private collection

Catholic women and children in prayer with nuns in the background.

Zacharie Charles Landelle (2 June 1821–13 October 1908) was a French painter who specialized in portraits. He is best known for his Orientalist works.

He was born in Laval, where his father was employed by the préfecture. In 1827, his family moved to Paris when his father was transferred and he would not return to his hometown until near the end of his life. In 1837, at the age of sixteen, he was admitted to the École des Beaux-arts, where he studied with Paul Delaroche and Ary Scheffer. After trips to Italy and the south of France, he copied the Old Masters at the Louvre. He began by painting portraits largely as a means of supporting himself…

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Johann Carl Loth, JUDITH WITH THE HEAD OF HOLOFERNES 01 Work, Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 123

The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life. More on The Book of Judith

Johann Carl Loth (1632 – 6 October 1698) was a German Baroque painter, born in Munich but active most of his life in Venice. He was the son and pupil of Johann Ulrich Loth (1590–1662) and was possibly influenced by Giovan Battista Langetti. He was commissioned to paint for the emperor Leopold I in Vienna. He worked together with Pietro Liberi in Venice, where he was during the years 1663-1698. His brother Franz Loth was also a painter in Venice and Germany. More on Johann Carl Loth

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Marina Del Pozo, Judith 01 Painting, CONTEMPORARY & 20th Century Interpretation of the Bible! With Footnotes – 34

Marina Del Pozo, Spain
Judith
Painting
25.6 H x 21.3 W x 0.8 in
Private collection

The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life. More on The Book of Judith

Marina del Pozo: “Painting is for me one of the most important aims in my life ,the other two are my daughters. I like very much also to draw specially with ink. I lived in Japan for six months and love to paint with chinesse brushes.To observe and reproduce some images of my favorites painters as a declaration of love is one of my sources of inspiration and to Paint plein air is the other. I absolutely love to observe and interact before what I choose to Paint.” More on Marina del Pozo

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Nicolas Tournier, Judith with the Head of Holofernes 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the bible, With Footnotes – 129

Follower of Nicolas Tournier, (French, 1590-1638)

“Judith with the Head of Holofernes”

Oil on canvas

16-1/4″ x 13-1/4″

Private collection

Nicolas Tournier (baptised 12 July 1590 – d. before February 1639) was a French Baroque painter.

Born in Montbéliard, he followed the profession of his father, André Tournier, “a Protestant painter from Besançon”. Little is known of his life before his arrival in Rome, where he worked between 1619 and 1626, and where he was influenced by the work of Caravaggio. According to one early source, he was a pupil of Valentin de Boulogne. Tournier’s Roman paintings are stylistically close to the works of Bartolomeo Manfredi. He painted both secular and religious subjects; an example of the latter is The Crucifixion with St. Vincent de Paul (Paris, The Louvre). After 1626 Tournier was active in southern France. He died in Toulouse.

His work The Carrying of the Cross, painted around 1632, originally hung in the Toulouse chapel of the Company of the Black Penitents. During the French Revolution it was confiscated by the state and moved to a museum, from where it was stolen in 1818. After being lost for nearly two centuries, it reappeared in 2009 during an art collector’s estate sale in Florence; when the Weiss Gallery of London purchased it in a Paris auction in 2011, the French government classified it as stolen property and banned it from leaving the country. More on Nicolas Tournier

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Léon Comerre, JUDITH 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation the bible, With Footnotes – 107

Léon Comerre

Léon Comerre, 1850 – 1916, FRENCH

JUDITH

Oil on canvas

49 by 26.5cm., 19 by 10½in.

Private collection

The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life. More on The Book of Judith

Léon François Comerre (10 October 1850 – 20 February 1916) was a French academic painter, famous for his portraits of beautiful women. Comerre was born in Trélon, in the Département du Nord, the son of a schoolteacher. He moved to Lille with his family in 1853. From an early age he showed an interest in art and became a student of Alphonse Colas at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lille, winning a gold medal in 1867. From 1868 a grant from the Département du Nord allowed him to continue his studies in Paris at the famous École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in the studio of Alexandre Cabanel. There he came under the influence of orientalism.

Comerre first exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1871 and went on to win prizes in 1875 and 1881. In 1875 he won the Grand Prix de Rome. This led to a scholarship at the French Academy in Rome from January 1876 to December 1879. In 1885 he won a prize at the “Exposition Universelle” in Antwerp. He also won prestigious art prizes in the USA (1876) and Australia (1881 and 1897). He became a Knight of the Legion of Honour in 1903. More Léon Comerre

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Florentine School, 16th century, JUDITH 01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Interpretation of the Bible! by the Old Masters, With Footnotes – 91

Florentine School, 16th century

JUDITH

oil on canvas

39 7/8 by 32 in.; 101.4 by 81.3 cm.

Private collection

The Book of Judith is the Old Testament of the Bible. The story revolves around Judith, a daring and beautiful widow, who is upset with her Jewish countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes, with whom she slowly ingratiates herself, promising him information on the Israelites. Gaining his trust, she is allowed access to his tent one night as he lies in a drunken stupor. She decapitates him, then takes his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians, having lost their leader, disperse, and Israel is saved. Though she is courted by many, Judith remains unmarried for the rest of her life. More on The Book of Judith

Florentine School was a major Italian school of art that flourished between the 13th and 16th centuries, extending from the Early Renaissance to the crisis of Renaissance culture.

The founder of the Florentine school was Giotto, whose work placed Florence in the foreground of pre-Renaissance art. The work of his successors, who included Taddeo Gaddi and Maso di Banco, developed along the lines he had originated. However, toward the middle of the 14th century conciseness and clarity of form (as seen in the work of A. di Bonaiuti) disappeared, and a tendency toward linear and flat form became prevalent (Nardo di Cione and, occasionally, Orcagna). In the last 30 years of the 14th century a trend toward the international Gothic style prevailed (Agnolo Gaddi and Lorenzo Monaco). More on Florentine School

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03 Carvings & Sculpture from the Bible!, by FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER,19th Century. With Footnote, # 16

FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897)

Judith, with a decorated belt , a wrist bracelet

Polychrome terracotta

Height: 100 cm

Private collection

Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory is an Austrian ceramic manufacturer.

In 1885, Friedrich Goldscheider came from the Bohemian city of Pilsen to Vienna and founded the Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory. It became one of the most influential ceramic manufactories of terracotta, faience and bronze objects in Austria, with subsidiaries in Paris, Leipzig and Florence. For over half a century, Goldscheider created masterpieces of historical revivalism, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.

Famous artists such as Josef Lorenzl, Stefan Dakon, Ida Meisinger and the two perhaps best known Austrian ceramic artists (Michael Powolny and Vally Wieselthier) worked for Goldscheider. Several of the artists who worked for Goldscheider also worked for other Viennese studios, such as Augarten, Keramos or for the German brands Rosenthal and Meissen.

The Goldscheider family migrated in 1938 to the United Kingdom and USA. Walter Goldscheider started a new factory in Trenton, New Jersey, and returned to Vienna in 1950. Marcel Goldscheider went to Stoke-on-Trent and produced figurative ceramics for Myott, and he opened his own studio in the 1950s in Hanley. Both brothers died in the early 1960s.

More than 10,000 different models were created over a period of three generations. Since the very beginning, many of these won first prizes and gold medals at innumerable world fairs, exhibitions and trade fairs. More on Goldscheider Porcelain Manufactory and Majolica Factory

FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897)

Judith, wearing a

snake bracelet on the wrist and a saber at her back

Polychrome terracotta

Height: 89 cm

Private collection

Judith, see above

FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897), see above

FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER, (1845-1897)

Rebecca, leaning on her jar

Polychrome terracotta

Height: 64 cm

Private collection

Abraham went about finding a wife for his son Isaac. He commanded his servant to journey to his birthplace of Aram Naharaim to select a bride from his own family, rather than engage Isaac to a local Canaanite girl. Abraham sent along expensive jewelry, clothing and dainties as gifts to the bride and her family.

The servant devised a test in order to find the right wife for Isaac. As he stood at the central well in Abraham’s birthplace with his men and ten camels laden with goods, he prayed to God: “And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also” — Genesis 24:14

To his surprise, a young girl immediately came out and offered to draw water for him to drink, as well as water to fill the troughs for all his camels. Rebecca continued to draw water until all the camels were sated, proving her kind and generous nature and her suitability for entering Abraham’s household. The servant immediately gave her a golden nose ring and two golden bracelets. After hosting the party overnight, however, the family tried to keep Rebecca with them longer. The servant insisted that they ask the girl herself, and she agreed to go immediately.

As Rebecca and her entourage approached Abraham’s home, they spied Isaac from a distance in the fields praying. Seeing such a spiritually exalted man, Rebecca immediately dismounted from her camel and asked the accompanying servant who he was. When she heard that this was her future husband, she modestly covered herself with a veil. Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, married her, and loved her. More on Rebecca

FRIEDRICH GOLDSCHEIDER (1845-1897), see above

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