Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Provenance

(Helene C. Seiferheld, New York). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; bequest to NGA, 2008.

Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist

Bison, Giuseppe Bernardino

1825/1835

Accession Number

2010.93.22

Medium

pen and brown ink with watercolor and brown-gray wash over black chalk, with touches of red chalk in Salom's lips and by her mouth, on laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 28.8 x 24 cm (11 5/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Joseph F. McCrindle Collection