Ancient Italian painting by the mid -seventeenth century. It operates oil on canvas, in the first canvas, depicting a biblical episode of great charm, the Banquet of Herod, of excellent pictorial hand. The scene takes place inside a monumental architecture where we find at the center of the Herod composition and a page that gives him the head of Giovanni Battista. In the foreground we recognize Solomè who dance to obtain the saint's head in prize while all around handguards and splendid musicians accompany the scene. Picture of beautiful extent and pleasant impact, full of characters and details finely made by the wise hands of the painter. Canvas that presents an inscription on the back (see photo). Opera that develops horizontally, ideal for a salon or study, for antique dealers, furnishings and collectors of ancient painting. Painting that has undergone a slight conservative restoration intervention with color recovery in small points, in beautiful patina. It operates overall in good condition.