id: 329328 accession number: 2019.8 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.8 updated: 2025-06-24 11:21:03.455000 Salome with the Head of John the Baptist, c. 1650. Nicolaus Knupfer (Dutch, 1603–1655). Pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink; support: 50.3 x 38.7 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.); matted: 53 x 39.5 x 0.6 cm (20 7/8 x 15 9/16 x 1/4 in.); image: 33.5 x 27.8 cm (13 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.8 title: Salome with the Head of John the Baptist title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1650 creation date earliest: 1645 creation date latest: 1655 current location: creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Netherlands technique: pen and brown ink, brown washes and white heightening (oxidized), over black chalk on antique laid paper; framing lines in pen and brown ink department: Drawings collection: DR - Dutch type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * Nicolaus Knupfer (Dutch, 1603–1655) - artist Dutch painter and draftsman, 1603-1655 --- measurements: Support: 50.3 x 38.7 cm (19 13/16 x 15 1/4 in.); Matted: 53 x 39.5 x 0.6 cm (20 7/8 x 15 9/16 x 1/4 in.); Image: 33.5 x 27.8 cm (13 3/16 x 10 15/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Christie's, Paris, France date: March 29, 2015 footnotes: citations: Private Collection, Amsterdam, Netherlands date: footnotes: citations: the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: March 4, 2019 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Saxton, Jo, and Nicolaus Knupfer. Nicolaus Knupfer, an Original Artist: Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Drawings. Doornspijk, Netherlands: Davaco, 2005. page number: url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.8/2019.8_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.8/2019.8_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2019.8/2019.8_full.tif