Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

Bartolomeo Coriolano, Artist Guido Reni, Artist
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About the Artwork

Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

1631

Bartolomeo Coriolano (Artist) Italian, 1599-1676 Guido Reni (Artist) Italian, 1575-1642

Chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black ink and two shades of brown ink on laid paper

Image: 6 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (16.8 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 7 × 7 5/8 inches (17.8 × 19.4 cm)

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Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S317.50A

Public Domain

Markings

Signed and dated, on different blocks, lower left: 1631 | Corio. f. (see also inscription)

Inscribed, on block, upper left: GVIDO | RHENVS | BON. IN. | BAR. COR | EQVES | F. Inscribed, in brown ink, upper left of image: ou ( ) guide Inscribed, in brown ink, below image, lower left of sheet: coriolan ( ) graveur sur bois Inscribed, in black ink, lower right edge of supporting sheet: MJR Inscribed, in ink, verso: P. Gervais, 1860 (Lugt 1078)

Stamped, in black, verso: A. Firmin-Didot (Lugt 119) Stamped, in purple, verso: J. Peoli (Lugt 2020)

Provenance

1860, P. Gervaise (Paris, France);
Ambroise Firmin-Didot (Paris, France);
May 1894, J.J. Peoli (New York, New York, USA).
Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA);
1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bartolomeo Coriolano; after Guido Reni, Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, 1631, chiaroscuro woodcut printed in black ink and two shades of brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S317.50A.

Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist
Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist