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 two blocks in reddish-brown and black

Dimensions Sheet: 16.7 x 18.5 cm (6 9/16 x 7 5/16 in.)(trimmed into or slightly inside the borderline)

Credit Line Bequest of W. G. Russell Allen

Accession Number1975.592

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Bartsch XII.047.29; Takahatake 1 (Version A), only state, Variant b

Marks Verso, bottom right-center, stamped in brown ink, the mark of the MFA W.G. Russell Allen Bequest (Lugt 3593)

ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975