Salome with the Head of Saint John the Baptist
1500s or later
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 46.6 × 59.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-112328
Salome’s dancing so pleased her stepfather Herod that he offered her anything she wanted. Her mother advised Salome to demand John the Baptist’s head, which Salome presented to her family on an elaborate dish. Despite its biblical source, this work was meant for a domestic setting, whose owner would have admired the elegant presentation of a shocking story.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Holden Collection, 1916.824
Registry history
- 1500s or later — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
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