Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Advanced Search

LICENSE IMAGE

ORDER PRINT

DOWNLOAD

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 light yellow-brown, darker yellow-brown, and black

Dimensions Sheet: 16.8 x 18.8 cm (6 5/8 x 7 3/8 in.)(trimmed slightly into the borderline)

Credit Line Harvey D. Parker Collection—Harvey Drury Parker Fund

Accession NumberP1653

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPrints

This impression does not seem to 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, lower left, stamped in red ink, the mark of Henry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); verso of backing sheet, lower center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA Harvey D. Parker Collection (Lugt 1870)

ProvenanceHenry F. Sewall, New York (1816-1896)(Lugt 1309); purchased by MFA November 1897