Francesco Valaperta (Milan 1836 - 1908) BEHEADING OF THE BAPTIST oil on canvas, 258x167 cm signed lower left on the reverse: study for two famale figures inscribed on the frame 'Valaperta Francesco Milano Via Sant'Andrea No. 23'. BEHEADING OF THE BAPTIST oil on canvas, 258x167 cm signed lower left on the back of the canvas study for two female figures inscribed on the frame "Valaperta Francesco Milano Via Sant'Andrea N. 23" Exhibition Exhibition of Fine Arts for the year 1860, Brera, no. 269 Literature Esposizione delle opere di Belle Arti per l'anno 1860, Exhibition Catalogue Luigi Di Giacomo Pirola, Milan, no. 269, p. 44; S. Rebora, S. Ottolini, G. Dadati, Francesco Valaperta (1836-1908) un artista ritrovato , Piacenza: Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci Oddi, 2004, VBII, 62 S. p. 9 (cited)