Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

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Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Italian, 1599–1676)
After: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)

1631

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in tan, slightly darker tan, and black

Dimensions Sheet: 16.6 x 18.3 cm (6 9/16 x 7 3/16 in.)(trimmed into or slightly inside the borderline)

Credit Line Gift of the Children of Dr. James B. Ayer

Accession Number21.10860

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

This impression does not have the date "1631" in the middle tone block described by Takahatake.

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.047.29; Takahatake 1 (Version A), only state, Variant a

Marks Verso of backing sheet, center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 282)

ProvenanceDr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1849 - d. 1910), Boston; by inheritance to his children, Mary Farwell (neé Ayer) Rousmanière (b. 1878 - d. 1935), NY, NY, Nathaniel Farwell Ayer (b. 1879 - d. 1948), Boston, Dr. James Bourne Ayer (b. 1882 - d. 1963), Boston, and Elizabeth (neé Ayer) Inches (b. 1891 - d. ?); December 31, 1921, their gift to the MFA.