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Herodias and Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

(Italian, 1599–1676)
(Italian, 1575–1642)
1632 or after
Medium/TechniqueChiaroscuro woodcut on bluish paper, printed from three blocks in light blue-gray, dark blue-gray, and black
DimensionsSheet: 18.4 x 20.5 cm (7 1/4 x 8 1/16 in.)
Image (borderline): 16.9 x 19 cm (6 5/8 x 7 1/2 in.)
Credit LineBequest of W. G. Russell Allen
Accession number1975.591
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPrints
InscriptionsUpper left corner: GUIDO/RHENUS/BON. IN./BART. COR/EQUES/F.; upper right corner: cross and three claws; lower left corner: 1631/Corio.f.
ProvenanceW. G. Russell Allen, Boston (1882-1955); his bequest to the MFA September 10, 1975