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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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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.
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