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 two individuals from the waist up. The person on the left is facing mostly forward with a slight inclination toward the viewer's right, eyes closed, featuring smooth facial features, with long hair flowing over the shoulders, and partly covered by a veil. They hold a platter with a detailed, sculpted head on it. The individual on the right faces forward and slightly towards the left, with wide, expressive eyes looking directly at the viewer. Their hair is styled up with a flower-like accessory placed an inch above the forehead, wearing a garment with flowing sleeves. The background appears simple, with no distinct features, enhancing the focus on the individuals in the foreground.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chiaroscuro woodcut printed in ochre, brown, and black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Anonymous Gift

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 16.7 x 19.2 cm (6 9/16 x 7 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.67.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch, no. 29, State undesc.


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

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

lower left in block: 1631. / Corio. f.

Wikidata ID

Q76336561

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