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Herodias with the Head of John the Baptist
17th century
Giacomo Pecini (Artist) Italian, 1617-1669 Peter Paul Rubens (Artist) 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)
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Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S855
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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
Watermark: obscured by center of image Stamped, verso: Scripps (Lugt Suppl. 2357a)
Provenance
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)
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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.
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