Plaque with Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

attributed to Pierre Courteys (I), c. 1550 - before 1591

As a reward for her sensual dance, Salome asked her stepfather, King Herod, to give her the head of John the Baptist. The executioner’s tense posture and distorted hand emphasizes the grizzly nature of his deed, as he hands over of the saint’s head.

  • Artwork typeplaque
  • Object numberBK-17221
  • Dimensionsheight 18.4 cm x height 17.6 cm x width 24.8 cm x thickness 1.9 cm
  • Physical characteristicsEmail op koper

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Plaque with Salome with the Head of John the Baptist

  • Object type

  • Object number

    BK-17221

  • Description

    Plaquette van koper, gedecoreerd met voorstelling van gekleurd email. In een blauw interieur is links een man te zien met getrokken zwaard. Hij overhandigd het hoofd van Johannes de Doper aan Salomé, die rechts staat met een schotel in haar handen, waarop het hoofd kan worden gelegd. Onder het tafereel is het monogram P.C te lezen.

  • Inscriptions / marks

    • monogram: ‘P.C’
    • inscription: ‘S.MARC.’
    • inscription: ‘C.VI’

Creation

  • Creation

    maker: attributed to Pierre Courteys (I), Limoges

  • Dating

    c. 1550 - before 1591

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    Email op koper

  • Dimensions

    height 18.4 cm x height 17.6 cm x width 24.8 cm x thickness 1.9 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from Dr Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, fl. 6,350,000, en bloc, to Artistic & General Securities Ltd. as security for a loan from the Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, but kept in usufruct, 1934;{NHA, 476, RMA Archive, inv. no. 2142, Recapitulatie der geïnventariseerde kunstvoorwerpen van wijlen Dr F. Mannheimer, undated, p. 56, no. Em 24, Artistic no. 16/48; NHA, 233, Arrondissementsrechtbank Amsterdam, inv. no. 1365, “O.R. 256/1939, Faillissementsdossier: nalatenschap Dr. F. Mannheimer, 28 augustus 1939”, image 3, page 2.} purchased from Mendelssohn & Co. Bank, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960

  • Remarks

    Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

  • K. Posner en Robert van Langh [red.], Supporting Conservation : Four projects funded by Gieskes-Strijbis Fonds, Amsterdam 2015, p. 34, 43, 45, afb. 24, 30-31.

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