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Salome with the head of John the Baptist

Maker

Giovanni Andrea de Ferrari (artist)
1598-1669

Title

Salome with the head of John the Baptist

Medium

graphite, pen and brown ink and brown wash on laid paper, the lines incised, cut into a lunette, laid down

Dimensions

Height: 16.9 cm
Width: 41 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.3838

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords








Provenance

Francesco Solimena, Naples (1657-1747); brothers Antonio, Emanuele, Giuseppe and Gaetano Terres, Naples booksellers (mid-18th century to first third of 19th century); Johan Conrad Spengler, Copenhagen (1767-1839); his sale, Printer Luno (Copenhagen), 8 October 1839, perhaps among lots 372-396; Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952); Witt Bequest 1952

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: none evident, though difficult to see clearly through backing sheet.

Inscription: Gio. Andrea Ferrari

Inscription: 188

Inscription: de la Collection de Solimene

Inscription: S

Inscription: #1

Inscription: open

Inscription: CLCH.[?] 188

Inscription: 2cm 75

Collector's mark: collector's mark of Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b)

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