After Guido Reni, Italian 1575-1642- Salome with the head of St John the Baptist; oil on canvas, 116 x 95.8 cm., (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present composition is a mid-late 18th-century copy after Reni's original in...
After Guido Reni, Italian 1575-1642- Salome with the head of St John the Baptist; oil on canvas, 116 x 95.8 cm., (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present composition is a mid-late 18th-century copy after Reni's original in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Corsini), Rome, dated to 1638-39. A studio version sold at Christie's, New York, 26 January 2011, lot 145 ($37,500). The biblical story of Salome seductively dancing for King Herod and demanding as her reward the head of John the Baptist has long fascinated artists.
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After Guido Reni, Italian 1575-1642- Salome with the head of St John the Baptist; oil on canvas, 116 x 95.8 cm., (unframed). Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: The present composition is a mid-late 18th-century copy after Reni's original in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica (Palazzo Corsini), Rome, dated to 1638-39. A studio version sold at Christie's, New York, 26 January 2011, lot 145 ($37,500). The biblical story of Salome seductively dancing for King Herod and demanding as her reward the head of John the Baptist has long fascinated artists.
Please refer to department for condition report