Philips Galle (aka Philippe
Galle; Philippus Gallaeus) (1537–1612)
“Salome Receives the Head of John the
Baptist”, 1564, plate 6 from the series of six plates, ”History of John the
Baptist”, after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574) with Latin text by Hadrianus
Junius (aka Adriaen de Jonghe) (1511–1575), published by Philips Galle in Haarlem.
Engraving fine laid paper, backed with a
support sheet.
Size: (sheet) 21.5 x 29.6 cm; (plate) 20
x 26.6 cm; (image borderline) 19.3 x 26.5 cm.
Inscribed on plate within the image
borderline along the lower edge: (right of centre) “MHE. IN.”; (right of centre
on rock) “.6.”; (right) “.1564.”
Lettered on plate below the image
borderline: “NVNC FVNESTA EPVLIS ANIM[M] FERALIBVS EXPLE, INCREPITI INCESTVS
REVS EN TIBI CONCIDIT ENSE.”
State: i (of ii)
TIB 5601.125:6 (Walter L Strauss &
Arno Dolders [eds.] 1987, “The Illustrated Bartsch: Netherlandish Artists:
Philips Galle”, vol. 56, Supplement, New York, Abaris Books, p. 108. cat.
.025:6); New Hollstein Dutch 180-1(2) (Galle) (Manfred Sellink [comp. &
ed.] 2001, “The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and
woodcuts 1450–1700: Philips Galle”, Part 2, Rotterdam, Sound and Vision, p. 64,
cat. 175–180); New Hollstein Dutch 312 (Heemskerck) (Ilja M Veldman 1993–94, “The New Hollstein: Dutch and Flemish
etchings, engravings and woodcuts 1450-1700: Maarten van Heemskerck”, Roosendaal,
Koninklijke Van Poll, cat. 307–312); Hollstein
VII.78.195; Hollstein VIII.244.295; Bartsch LVI.108.025.6.
The Rijksmuseum offers the following
description of this print:
(transl.) “Salome receives the head of
John the Baptist from the executioner who beheaded him. The head is on a scale.
She brings the head to her mother. On the left the decapitated body of John the
Baptist in prison. In the background you can see how the body is removed”
See also the description offered by the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Condition: richly inked and near
faultless lifetime impression in excellent condition (i.e. there are no tears,
holes, folds, abrasions, stains, foxing or signs of use). The sheet is trimmed
near the plate mark at the upper edge and has larger margins on the sides and
lower edge and is laid onto a support of conservator’s fine archival/millennium
quality washi paper.
I am selling this superb lifetime impression
of this rare engraving, executed only 23 years after Michelangelo completed “The
Last Judgement”, for the total cost of AU$260 (currently US$180.53/EUR160.58/GBP139.47
at the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).
If you are interested in purchasing this
fascinating print showing multiple events in a narrative timeline—viz. the
beheaded body of John the Baptist at left, the disposal of his body in the far
distance, the presentation of his head to Salome on a platter in the foreground
and, ultimately, to Salome’s presentation of his head to her mother on the
right—please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a
PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.
This print has been sold
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