Salome with the head of John the Baptist

Author: Pencz, Georg

Publishing year: 1533

Pencz, Georg (ca. 1500-1550). Salome with the head of John the Baptist; standing at left in an interior in front of King Herod and Herodias seated at a dinner table; at left view of a courtyard with the headless corpse and the executioner. Orig. copperplate engraving, ca. 1533. 4,8:7,7 cm. Printed on handmade paper with margins ca. 1-2 mm.

Bartsch 29. - Georg Pencz (ca. 1500 – 11 October 1550) was a German engraver, painter and printmaker. He was one of the "Little Masters", the group of German artists making small old master prints in the generation after Albrecht Dürer. - Good and clear impression.  Indistinct collector's stamp and a trace of adjustment on verso.

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