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'''The Head of Saint John the Baptist presented to Salome''' is a circa 1609 painting by the Flemish artist [[Peter Paul Rubens]] executed shorty after his return from to his native city of [[Flanders]] after a long stay in Italy.
'''The Head of Saint John the Baptist presented to Salome''' is a circa 1609 painting by the Flemish artist [[Peter Paul Rubens]] executed shorty after his return from to his native city of [[Flanders]] after a long stay in Italy.


The painting which had been lost or misattributed for over 209 years was rediscovered in 1987 and in 1998 sold for $5.5 million US. The work then became part of the Fisch-Davidson collection of [[Baroque Paintings]] and in turn sold in February of of 2023 during Sotheby's [[Old Masters]] well for $26.9 million the third highest eger price for a work by Rubens<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/25/lost-rubens-painting-head-john-baptist-salome-auction-sothebys</ref><ref>https://hyperallergic.com/773588/rare-peter-paul-rubens-painting-heads-to-the-auction-block/</ref><ref>https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-masters-week-fisch-davidson-collection-peter-paul-rubens-2023</ref>
The painting which had been lost or misattributed for over 209 years was rediscovered in 1987 and in 1998 sold for $5.5 million US. The work then became part of the Fisch-Davidson collection of [[Baroque paintings]] and in turn sold in February of of 2023 during Sotheby's [[Old Masters]] well for $26.9 million the third highest eger price for a work by Rubens<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/25/lost-rubens-painting-head-john-baptist-salome-auction-sothebys</ref><ref>https://hyperallergic.com/773588/rare-peter-paul-rubens-painting-heads-to-the-auction-block/</ref><ref>https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-masters-week-fisch-davidson-collection-peter-paul-rubens-2023</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 17:13, 13 February 2023

The Head of Saint John the Baptist presented to Salome is a circa 1609 painting by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens executed shorty after his return from to his native city of Flanders after a long stay in Italy.

The painting which had been lost or misattributed for over 209 years was rediscovered in 1987 and in 1998 sold for $5.5 million US. The work then became part of the Fisch-Davidson collection of Baroque paintings and in turn sold in February of of 2023 during Sotheby's Old Masters well for $26.9 million the third highest eger price for a work by Rubens[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/oct/25/lost-rubens-painting-head-john-baptist-salome-auction-sothebys
  2. ^ https://hyperallergic.com/773588/rare-peter-paul-rubens-painting-heads-to-the-auction-block/
  3. ^ https://en.thevalue.com/articles/sothebys-masters-week-fisch-davidson-collection-peter-paul-rubens-2023
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