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Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist

Pietro Fontana (Italian, 1762–1837)
After: Stefano Tofanelli (Italian, 1752–1812)
After: Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642)
1797

Medium/Technique Etching and engraving
Dimensions Sheet: 70.9 x 55.5 cm (27 15/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Platemark: 46.3 x 35.1 cm (18 1/4 x 13 13/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of W. S. Dexter
Accession NumberM12216
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Le Blanc 9; Apell 2
Marks Recto, lower right, just inside the platemark, the blindstamp of the Calcografia di Roma (Lugt 426e); verso, lower right-center, stamped in violet ink, the mark of the MFA (Lugt 1868)
ProvenanceWilliam Sohier Dexter, Boston (1828-1908); his gift to the MFA March 12, 1897