Henry Fuseli (Zürich 1741-1825 Putney Hill, near London)
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
50 x 40 3/8 in. (127 x 102.4 cm.)
Henry Fuseli (Zürich 1741-1825 Putney Hill, near London)
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist
oil on canvas
50 x 40 3/8 in. (127 x 102.4 cm.)
Presumably acquired from the artist by George Wyndham, 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837), Egremont House, 94 Piccadilly, London, and later moved to Petworth House, Sussex, by 1837 (Inventory of Paintings, Sculpture and Books at Petworth House, Property of The Late George, 3rd Earl of Egremont).
Catalogue of Pictures in Petworth House, Sussex, London, 1856, p. 43, no. 401, as hanging in the 'North Gallery'.
C.H. Collins Baker, Catalogue of the Petworth Collection of pictures in the possession of Lord Leconfield, London, 1920, p. 46, no. 401.
G. Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zürich, 1973, I, p. 487, no. 710; II, p. 158, no. 710.
G. Schiff and P. Viotto, L'Opera Completa di Johann Heinrich Füssli, Milan, 1977, p. 88, no. 19.
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