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Reinhold Vasters: Renaissance-Style Pendant with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes   (  )
Artist	Reinhold Vasters  (1827–1909)     Description German goldsmith and forger Date of birth/death 2 January 1827  14 June 1909  Location of birth/death Erkelenz Aachen Work period from 1853 until 1890 date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1853-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1890-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 Work location Aachen  Authority file : Q2141574 VIAF: 20760559 ISNI: 0000000066809284 ULAN: 500109723 GND: 129376205 RKD: 427129 artist QS:P170,Q2141574
Title	Renaissance-Style Pendant with Judith Holding the Head of Holofernes
Description	English: This elaborate double-sided pendant depicts two biblical scenes. The side displayed here shows Judith with a sword in her right hand and the head of Holofernes in the other. With the help of her maid, she is about to drop the head into a bag. The other side of the pendant portrays David, about to swing his sling at Goliath, who appears in the dress of a Roman military leader.
Date	19th century date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
Medium	gold, enamel, diamonds, rubies, pearls
Dimensions	5.3 cm (2 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	44.424
Place of creation	Aachen, Germany
Object history	Frederic Spitzer [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Paris, 1893, Catalogue des Objet d'Art, no. 1840 1893: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980. Court Jewels of the Renaissance 1500-1630. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1980-1981. Artful Deception: The Craft of the Forger. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore; Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, Grosse Pointe Shores; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma City; Portland Museum of Art, Portland; The Fine Arts Center at Cheekwood, Nashville; Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia; Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester; The Barnum Museum, Bridgeport. 1987-1992. Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum. Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006-2009. Bedazzled: 5,000 Years of Jewelry. El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso. 2010.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1893
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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