Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist, 17th century

  • Giacomo Pecini, Italian, 1617-1669
  • Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish, 1577-1640

Engraving printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 11 × 9 inches (27.9 × 22.9 cm) Sheet: 12 3/4 × 10 3/4 inches (32.4 × 27.3 cm)

Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps

09.1S855

Watermark: obscured by center of image Stamped, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)

Inscribed, in plate, lower center: SPICVLATOR DECOLLAVIT IOANNEM IN CARCERE Inscribed, lower left: P. P. Rubens pinxit Inscribed, lower right: J. Pecini Sculp. ex excudit Venetiis

October 1887, F. Meyer (Dresden, Germany). Mrs. James E. Scripps (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Giacomo Pecini; after Peter Paul Rubens, Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist, 17th century, engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S855.