PROPERTY FROM THE SHELDON SWOPE ART MUSEUM INC., SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND* (Lots 52-54)
Gillis Coignet* (1542/3-1599)
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
Details
Gillis Coignet* (1542/3-1599)
Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
oil on panel
21 x 27in. (53.3 x 68.6cm.)
The panel is stamped with the mark of the panelmaker Guillaume Gabron, a master of the Antwerp Guild of Saint Luke circa 1609-10.
Provenance
with Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, by whom given in 1963 to the Sheldon Swope Art Museum.
Lot Essay
A version of this subject also on panel (20 1/8 x 26in., 51 x 66cm.) was offered at Phillips, London, Dec. 11, 1990, lot 243.