Emile-Jean Sulpis
Copy after Quentin Massys, St. John Altarpiece, Antwerp
1800-1999
Scroll
Emile-Jean Sulpis
Copy after Quentin Massys, St. John Altarpiece, Antwerp
1800-1999
Physical Qualities
Pen and black ink on paper, Sheet: 516 x 335 mm. (51.6 x 33.5 cm.)
Image: 392 x 226 mm. (39.2 x 22.6 cm.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.14349
Salome presents the head of St. John the Baptist to her parents at the banquet; in the background, through a window, an earlier scene at the prison immediately after the execution; musicians on a balcony above; a young servant boy holding the leash of a dog.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Inscribed: RECTO: inside image, LR, ink, 'Emile Sulpis'; LE, graphite, '22 centimetres' (with arrows) and '570'
