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This painting depicts Salome as she receives the head of John the Baptist on a platter, the gruesome reward she chose for having pleased her stepfather, Herod, by performing a seductive dance. This episode from the New Testament had long been popular in Italian art, thanks to its combination of religiosity, violence, and eroticism. The most famous and successful Italian painter of his day, Guido Reni worked in Rome and then in Bologna, where his highly refined style and intensely spiritual subjects dominated. Despite its horrific subject matter, this unfinished work displays the graceful movement, delicate colors, and transparent paint application of Reni’s late style.
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| Medium | oil paint (paint) |
| Dimensions | 174 × 248 Cm |
| Tags | biblicalwomenplatespink (color)yellow (color)headdressesjewelryroyalwealthChristian subjectsChristianityreligiousreligionreligious figuresreligious scenesSalomesaintsSaint John the Baptistviolencedeathdecapitation |
| Certificate | Certificate not provided |
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Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Felsina pittrice: vite de' pittori bolognesi, vol. 2
Carlo Cesare Malvasia, Felsina pittrice: vite de' pittori bolognesi, vol. 2 (Bologna: Per l'erede di Domenico Barbieri, 1678; repr., Bologna: Tipografia Guidi all'Ancora, 1841), 64.
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G[eorg] K[aspar] Nagler, Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexicon, vol. 13
G[eorg] K[aspar] Nagler, Neues allgemeines Kunstler-Lexicon, vol. 13 (Munich: Verlag von E. A. Fleischmann, 1843), 16.
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Marcello Oretti, Le pitture che si ammirano nelli palaggi, e case de'nobili della Città di Bologna e di altri edifici in da Città, vol. 1
Marcello Oretti, Le pitture che si ammirano nelli palaggi, e case de'nobili della Città di Bologna e di altri edifici in da Città, vol. 1 (Bologna: Biblioteca Comunale, 1769), 65 MS 8.104.
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M[oses] F[oster] Sweetser, Artist Biographies: Guido Reni
M[oses] F[oster] Sweetser, Artist Biographies: Guido Reni (Boston: Riverside Press, 1878), 158.
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exhibition
London, British Institution, 1819, no. 62, as Judith with Head of Holofernes.
London, British Institution, 1819, no. 62, as Judith with Head of Holofernes.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Basilius von Ramdohr, Ueber Mahlerei und Bildhauerarbeit in Romfiir Liebhaber des Schonen in der Kunst, vol. 2
Friedrich Wilhelm Basilius von Ramdohr, Ueber Mahlerei und Bildhauerarbeit in Romfiir Liebhaber des Schonen in der Kunst, vol. 2 (Leipzig: Bei Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1787), 79-80.
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Abbe [Jerome] Richard, Description historique et critique de l'italie, ou, Nouveaux mémoires sur l'état actuel de son gouvernement, des sciences, des arts, du commerce, de la population et de l'histoire naturelle, vol. 6
Abbe [Jerome] Richard, Description historique et critique de l'italie, ou, Nouveaux mémoires sur l'état actuel de son gouvernement, des sciences, des arts, du commerce, de la population et de l'histoire naturelle, vol. 6 (Dijon: 1766; repr., Paris: Delalain, 1770), 54-56.
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[Gustav] Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, illuminated M[anu]s[cript]s, etc., vol. 3
[Gustav] Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of the Chief Collections of Paintings, Drawings, Sculptures, illuminated M[anu]s[cript]s, etc., vol. 3 (London: John Murray, 1854), 21, no. 2.
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Adamo Chiusole, letterario delle pitture, sculture, e architetture più rare di molte città d'Italia
Adamo Chiusole, letterario delle pitture, sculture, e architetture più rare di molte città d'Italia (Vicenza: nella Stamperia Turra, 1782), 263.
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Cardinal Girolamo Colonna (died 1666), Palazzo Colonna, Rome, by 1647 [Colonna collection inventory, 1647, no....
Cardinal Girolamo Colonna (died 1666), Palazzo Colonna, Rome, by 1647 [Colonna collection inventory, 1647, no. 169
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Luca Assarino, Sensi d'umiltà e di stupore havuti da Luca Assarino, intorno le grandezze dell'eminentissimo cardinal Sacchetti, e le pitture di Guido Reni
Luca Assarino, Sensi d'umiltà e di stupore havuti da Luca Assarino, intorno le grandezze dell'eminentissimo cardinal Sacchetti, e le pitture di Guido Reni (Bologna, 1639), 29-30.
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Mariano Vasi, Itinéraire instructif de Rome: ou, Description genera le des monumens antiques et modernes et des ouvrages les plus remarquables de peinture, de sculpture et d'architecture de cette ce/ebre ville et de ses environs, vol. 1
Mariano Vasi, Itinéraire instructif de Rome: ou, Description genera le des monumens antiques et modernes et des ouvrages les plus remarquables de peinture, de sculpture et d'architecture de cette ce/ebre ville et de ses environs, vol. 1 (Rome: Pagliarini, 1792), 325.
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Joseph Jérôme le Français de Lalande, Voyage d'un françois en italie, fait dans les années 1765 et 1766, vol. 3
Joseph Jérôme le Français de Lalande, Voyage d'un françois en italie, fait dans les années 1765 et 1766, vol. 3 (Venice and Paris: Desaint, 1769; repr., Yverdon: [F.-B. de Felice,] 1769-90), 458.
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Louis Thies, Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by Francis Calley Gray
Louis Thies, Catalogue of the Collection of Engravings Bequeathed to Harvard College by Francis Calley Gray (Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1869), 136.
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Catalogo dei Qudri, e Pitture esistenti nel Palazzo dell’ Eccellentissima Casa Colonna in Roma
Catalogo dei Qudri, e Pitture esistenti nel Palazzo dell’ Eccellentissima Casa Colonna in Roma (Rome: Presso Arcangelo Casaletti, 1783), 29 no. 174.
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David García Cueto, ed., Guido Reni, exh. cat.
David García Cueto, ed., Guido Reni, exh. cat. (Madrid: Musel del Prado, 2023), 259 under cat. 42, 369-71 cat. 52.
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exhibition
Frankfurt, Städel Museum, Guido Reni: The Divine, Nov. 23, 2022 - Mar. 5, 2023, cat. 158; Madrid, Museo del Prado, Guido Reni, Mar. 28 - July 9, 2023, cat. 82.
Frankfurt, Städel Museum, Guido Reni: The Divine, Nov. 23, 2022 - Mar. 5, 2023, cat. 158; Madrid, Museo del Prado, Guido Reni, Mar. 28 - July 9, 2023, cat. 82.
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Bastian Exlercy, ed., Guido Reni: The Divine, exh. cat.
Bastian Exlercy, ed., Guido Reni: The Divine, exh. cat. (Berlin and Frankfurt: Hatje Cantz, 2022), 298-99 cat. 158.
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Edgar Peters Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, vol. 1
Edgar Peters Bowron, Pompeo Batoni: Complete Catalogue of his Paintings, vol. 1 (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2016), 37, under no. 33.
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Barbara Di Meola, "La collezione del Cardinale Girolamo I Colonna," in Francesca Cappelletti, Decorazione e collezionismo a Roma nel Seicento: Vicende di artisti, committenti, mercanti
Barbara Di Meola, "La collezione del Cardinale Girolamo I Colonna," in Francesca Cappelletti, Decorazione e collezionismo a Roma nel Seicento: Vicende di artisti, committenti, mercanti (Rome: Gangemi Editore, 2003), 116-18, fig. 4.
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Jonathan Unglaub, “Poussin’s Esther before Ahasuerus: Beauty, Majesty, Bondage,” The Art Bulletin 85, no. 1
Jonathan Unglaub, “Poussin’s Esther before Ahasuerus: Beauty, Majesty, Bondage,” The Art Bulletin 85, no. 1 (March 2003): 120-21, fig. 12.
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Gérard-Julien Salvy, Reni
Gérard-Julien Salvy, Reni (Milan: Electa, 2001), 138 no. 194, 139 (detail ill.), 140 (detail ill.), 157.
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Polly Shulman, "Uncommon Denominator of Art and Medicine," New York Times, October 5, 1999, D7
Polly Shulman, "Uncommon Denominator of Art and Medicine," New York Times, October 5, 1999, D7 (ill.)
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Richard E. Spear, The ‘Divine’ Guido: Religion, Sex, Money and Art in the World of Guido Reni
Richard E. Spear, The ‘Divine’ Guido: Religion, Sex, Money and Art in the World of Guido Reni (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997), 312 fig. 168, 314, 390n96.
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Eduard A. Safarik, The Colonna Collection of Paintings: Inventories 1611-1795
Eduard A. Safarik, The Colonna Collection of Paintings: Inventories 1611-1795 (Munich; New Providence: K.G. Saur, 1996), 61, 66 no. 169, 68, 70 no. 63, 104 no. 21, 125 no. 75, 629, 638 no. 174, 1058 no. 48, plate 48.
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Paul G. Koch, A Burning and a Shining light: A Profile of John the Baptist
Paul G. Koch, A Burning and a Shining light: A Profile of John the Baptist (La Crosse, Ind.: Legacy of Words, 1996), 154 (ill.).
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see Safarik 1996 for this and the following]
see Safarik 1996 for this and the following]
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John Gedo, The Artist and the Emotional World
John Gedo, The Artist and the Emotional World (New York: Columbia University Press, 1996), 107-108, fig. 8.1.
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sold, Sotheby's, London, July 22-23, 1957, lot 318, to "Nash" for £100....
sold, Sotheby's, London, July 22-23, 1957, lot 318, to "Nash" for £100. George Wildenstein, London and New York, by March 1958 [record of phone conversation between Ay Wang Hsia, Wildenstein and Company, and Art Institute, April 4 and April 18, 1990, in curatorial object file.]
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Marzia Faietti, Konrad Oberhuber, and Artur Rosenauer, "Nuove proposte su Guido Reni a seguito della rassegna Bolognese," Accademia clementina: atti e memorie 25
Marzia Faietti, Konrad Oberhuber, and Artur Rosenauer, "Nuove proposte su Guido Reni a seguito della rassegna Bolognese," Accademia clementina: atti e memorie 25 (1990): 73.
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Alessandro Conti, "Pittura e immagine in Guido Reni: dalle opere 'non perfette' al tempo pittore" Prospettiva, no. 52
Alessandro Conti, "Pittura e immagine in Guido Reni: dalle opere 'non perfette' al tempo pittore" Prospettiva, no. 52 (January 1988): 27.
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Sybille Ebert-Schifferer, Andrea Emiliani and Erich Schleier, Guido Reni und Europa : Ruhm und Nachruhm, exh. cat.
Sybille Ebert-Schifferer, Andrea Emiliani and Erich Schleier, Guido Reni und Europa : Ruhm und Nachruhm, exh. cat. (Frankfurt: Schirn Kunsthalle; Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1988), 109, 138, 433, 657.
Thu
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exhibition
Bologna, Pinoteca Nazionale, Guido Reni, 1575-1642, Sep. 5-Nov. 13, 1988, cat. 71; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dec. 11, 1988-Feb. 5, 1989, cat. 59; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Mar. 9-May 14, 1989 [Bologna only].
Bologna, Pinoteca Nazionale, Guido Reni, 1575-1642, Sep. 5-Nov. 13, 1988, cat. 71; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Dec. 11, 1988-Feb. 5, 1989, cat. 59; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Mar. 9-May 14, 1989 [Bologna only].
Thu
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Susan L. Caroselli, ed., Guido Reni, 1575-1642, exh. cat.
Susan L. Caroselli, ed., Guido Reni, 1575-1642, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Bologna: Nuova Alfa Editoriale, 1988), 87, 92, 308 cat. 59.
Thu
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James N. Wood and Katharine C. Lee [Reid], Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago,
James N. Wood and Katharine C. Lee [Reid], Master Paintings in the Art Institute of Chicago, (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1988), 34 (ill.).
Thu
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Veronika Birke, Guido Reni und der Reproduktionsstich
Veronika Birke, Guido Reni und der Reproduktionsstich (Vienna: Graphische Sammlung Albertina, 1988), 115, no. 92 (ill.).
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Jorg Martin Merz, "Rezensionen," Kunstchronik 40
Jorg Martin Merz, "Rezensionen," Kunstchronik 40 (1987): 107.
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Anthony M. Clark, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text
Anthony M. Clark, Pompeo Batoni: A Complete Catalogue of his Works with an Introductory Text (Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1985), 218, under no. 31.
Sat
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D. Stephen Pepper, Guido Reni: A Complete Catalogue of His Works with an Introductiory Text
D. Stephen Pepper, Guido Reni: A Complete Catalogue of His Works with an Introductiory Text (Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited, 1984), 286 no. 186; fig. 218, appendix I, B11.
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Emilia Calbi and Daniela Scaglietti Kelescian, eds., Marcello Oretti e ii patrimonio artistico privato Bolognese
Emilia Calbi and Daniela Scaglietti Kelescian, eds., Marcello Oretti e ii patrimonio artistico privato Bolognese (Bologna: Istituto per i beni artistici culturali naturali della Regione Emilia-Romagna, 1984), 164.
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Richard E. Spear, Domenichino
Richard E. Spear, Domenichino (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1982), 264-65 no. 7, under no. 95.
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Carlo Cesare Malvasia, The Life of Guido Reni, trans. Catherine Enggass and Robert Enggass
Carlo Cesare Malvasia, The Life of Guido Reni, trans. Catherine Enggass and Robert Enggass (University Park, PA., and London: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1980), 148.
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Filippo Titi, Descrizione delle pitture, sculture e architetture esposte al pubblico in Roma
Filippo Titi, Descrizione delle pitture, sculture e architetture esposte al pubblico in Roma (Rome: Marco Pagliarini, 1763; repr., Rome: Multigrafica Editrice, 1978), 482.
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Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Masterpieces
Art Institute of Chicago, 100 Masterpieces (Chicago: Rand McNally, 1978), 54-55, fig. 17.
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Peter Tomory, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings before 1800
Peter Tomory, Catalogue of the Italian Paintings before 1800 (Sarasota, FL.: John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, 1976), 127 under no. 132.
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Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections
Burton B. Fredericksen and Federico Zeri, Census of Pre-Nineteenth-Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections (Cambridge, MA.: Harvard University Press, 1972), 173, 417, 571.
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Edi Baccheschi, L 'opera completa di Guido Reni
Edi Baccheschi, L 'opera completa di Guido Reni (Milan: Rizzo Ii Editore, 1971), 109 under no. 168, 110 no. 178 (ill.).
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John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago
John Maxon, The Art Institute of Chicago (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1970; repr., London: Thames and Hudson, 1977, 1983, 1987), 46-47, 285 (ill.).
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Howard Hibbard and Miiton Lewine, "Seicento at Detrok" Burlington Magazine 107, no. 748
Howard Hibbard and Miiton Lewine, "Seicento at Detrok" Burlington Magazine 107, no. 748 (1965): 370.
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Donald Posner, "The Baroque revolution in Italy," Art News 64
Donald Posner, "The Baroque revolution in Italy," Art News 64 (1965): 33, 58 fig. 4.
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