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Albrecht Dürer
Salome Presenting the Head of John the Baptist to Herodius 1511
woodcut
19.3 × 13.1 cm (image and sheet) sheet trimmed to borders
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
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Salome Presenting the Head of John the Baptist to Herodius
1511
Medium
woodcut
Measurements
19.3 × 13.1 cm (image and sheet) sheet trimmed to borders
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1923
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
B.126; M.232; Holl.232a-b; K.260; S.W.154; T.445; P.346
Inscription
With monogram
Accession Number
1278.519-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Religion and Mythology Violence
Subjects (specific)
Beheading of Saint John the Baptist (Christian iconography) beheadings heads (animal components) Herod Antipas, Tetrarch of Galilee Herodias John the Baptist, Saint (Abrahamic religion iconography) Salome
Movements
Renaissance
Watermarks
Watermark Form
High Crown (Meder 20 and Briquet 4902)
Meder 20, Briquet 4902 (found in documents dated 1520 in Treviso, Italy, 1480 in Munich, Germany, 1481-88 in Brescia, Italy, 1483-1501 in Dresden, Germany, 1484-1505 in Prague, Czech Republic, 1485-93 in Eichstatt, Germany and 1486 in Magdeburg, Germany). This watermark is Italian.
Completeness
complete
Chain Line Interval
30-30.5 mm
Laid Line Frequency
12-13 per cm
Placement and spacing of wires
134 x 5 [25 I 25] x 5
Wire Side
verso
Radiograph taken from
unknown