alb3657263

FRANCESCO CAIRO. HERODIAS

Herodias. Artist: Francesco Cairo (Italian, Milan 1607-1665 Milan). Dimensions: 29 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (75.2 x 62.5 cm). Date: before 1635.
This painting was probably executed in Turin, where Francesco Cairo was court painter to Duke Vittorio Amedeo I of Savoy (1587-1637), between 1633 and 1637. It is a fragment of a larger picture and would have originally included the head of Saint John the Baptist. Closely related pictures of Herodias with the head of the Baptist by Cairo are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Pinacoteca of Vicenza.

Share
Pinterest
Twitter
Facebook
Copy link
Email

Add to another lightbox

Do you already have an account? Sign in

You do not have an account? Register

Buy this image. Select the use:

Author: FRANCESCO CAIRO (1607-1665)

Title: HERODIAS

Caption: Herodias. Artist: Francesco Cairo (Italian, Milan 1607-1665 Milan). Dimensions: 29 5/8 x 24 5/8 in. (75.2 x 62.5 cm). Date: before 1635. This painting was probably executed in Turin, where Francesco Cairo was court painter to Duke Vittorio Amedeo I of Savoy (1587-1637), between 1633 and 1637. It is a fragment of a larger picture and would have originally included the head of Saint John the Baptist. Closely related pictures of Herodias with the head of the Baptist by Cairo are in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Pinacoteca of Vicenza.

Technique/material: OIL ON CANVAS

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 3416 × 4081 px | 39.9 MB

Print size: 28.9 × 34.6 cm | 1344.9 × 1606.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CANVAS • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • FRANCESCO CAIRO • ITALY • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL ON CANVAS • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PROVENANCE RESEARCH PROJECT