Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

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

1632 or after

Medium/Technique Chiaroscuro woodcut, printed from three blocks in medium brown, dark brown, and black

Dimensions Sheet: 16.5 x 17.1 cm (6 1/2 x 6 3/4 in.)(trimmed well within borderline)

Credit Line Alfred Greenough Collection

Accession NumberM21133

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.047.29; Takahatake 2 (Version B), only state, Variant a

DescriptionTrimmed well within borderline; mising areas in margins and at lower left

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

ProvenanceAlfred Greenough (d. 1884); bequeathed to his uncle, Charles Henry Parker (1817/18-1908); bequest of Parker to MFA October 1, 1909