Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist Before Herod, by Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini, 1695/1741
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Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist Before Herod

Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (Italian, 1675-1741)

1695/1741

Medium
Pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, over red chalk, on ivory laid paper, laid down on tan wove paper
Classification
Drawing and Watercolor
Dimensions
24.2 × 39.6 cm (9 9/16 × 15 5/8 in.)
Culture
Italy
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, Prints and Drawings
Credit line
The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Rights
Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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