Herodias and Salome

1631

Bartolomeo Coriolano after Guido Reni

Associated Names
Bartolomeo Coriolano

Artist, Italian, active 1627/1653

Guido Reni

Artist After, Bolognese, 1575 - 1642

The image shows a half-length depiction of two figures. The figure on the left is positioned slightly in profile, facing the right, with their head turned toward the other person. This figure has long, wavy hair partially covered by a veil, featuring delicate facial features with eyes downcast. The figure on the right is facing forward, looking directly ahead with an expressionless face. This figure has curly hair adorned with a large, rounded headdress or possibly a headband. Both individuals are dressed in draped, flowing garments with long sleeves that have slightly gathered cuffs. In their hands, they hold a platter, which supports a lifelike head with cascading hair and closed eyes. The background is plain and unembellished, accentuating the detailed linework of the figures and the object they carry.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    working proof state of line block of chiaroscuro woodcut on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.1 x 19.2 cm (6 3/4 x 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.67.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 29, State undescribed proof


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Chatsworth Collection, Devonshire; (sale, Christie's London, 5 December 1985, no. 118). (Galerie Kornfeld, Bern); gift to NGA from anonymous donor, 2004.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2004

  • Six Centuries of Prints and Drawings: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004 - 2005

2007

  • The Baroque Woodcut, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2007 - 2008

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna: J.V. Degen, 1802-1821.

2003

  • Galerie Kornfeld. Die Geschichte der Graphik von 1430 bis 1990 in ausgewählten Werken. Bern, 2003: no. 38.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower left in pen and ink: Bart Coriolano (covered with gray wash)

Wikidata ID

Q76336558

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