Van der Doort c.1639

Romanino

Herodias with St John's Head on a platter, looking towards her right shoulder to another old woman near (half-length, her mother), with one hand to her breast

Walpole Society reference (1960): 
WS 54, № 70
Measurements (Van der Doort): 
3ft 1in x 2ft 9in (94 x 83.8cm)
Light: 
light from the [-]
Frame: 
gilded frame
Provenance: 
Mantua piece
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited: 
bought
Room description extended: 
towards the Orchard
Original Manuscript page number: 
MS. Ash. 1514, f. 74 and V&A MS, f. 20, no 5 (WS 206)
Charles II inventory c1666: 
Whitehall, no 47, 96.5 x 91
Interpreting the text: 
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty: 
Identified
Sale Inventory c.1649-51

Romanino